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TI-2020-04403 Aliases CVE-2020-5351GHSA-x6c3-g3xg-w487

Dell EMC Data Protection Advisor versions 6.4, 6.5 and 18.1 contain an undocumented…

Priority LOW 35CWE-259Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Security bypass
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · None · None
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-259.

Summary

Dell EMC Data Protection Advisor versions 6.4, 6.5 and 18.1 contain an undocumented account with limited privileges that is protected with a hard-coded password. A remote unauthenticated malicious user with the knowledge of the hard-coded password may login to the system and gain read-only privileges.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.01064 64th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed Data Protection Advisor (Dell): 6.4, 6.5, 18.1

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
DellData Protection Advisorbefore 6.4, 6.5, 18.16.4, 6.5, 18.1Patch availableCNA
  • Data Protection Advisor VendorDell Affected before 6.4, 6.5, 18.1 Fixed in 6.4, 6.5, 18.1 Patch available CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 3

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:dell:emc_data_protection_advisor:6.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*6.4VulnerableDell
cpe:2.3:a:dell:emc_data_protection_advisor:6.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*6.5VulnerableDell
cpe:2.3:a:dell:emc_data_protection_advisor:18.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*18.1VulnerableDell
  • cpe:2.3:a:dell:emc_data_protection_advisor:6.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 6.4 Vulnerable ·Dell
  • cpe:2.3:a:dell:emc_data_protection_advisor:6.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 6.5 Vulnerable ·Dell
  • cpe:2.3:a:dell:emc_data_protection_advisor:18.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 18.1 Vulnerable ·Dell

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA Data Protection Advisor (Dell) Fixed in 6.4, 6.5, 18.1

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2020-5351
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-x6c3-g3xg-w487

References

Advisory 1

  • TI-2020-04404 OS command injection in Dell Data Protection Advisor CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2019-13451 Code injection in Dell Data Protection Advisor CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.2
  • TI-2018-07834 XML external entity injection in Dell EMC Data Protection Advisor CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.1
  • TI-2019-13450 Missing authorization in Dell Data Protection Advisor CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.2
  • TI-2016-06764 Path traversal in EMC Data Protection Advisor EMC Data Protection Advisor 6.1.x, EMC Data… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2022-14939 Cross-site scripting in Dell Data Protection Advisor CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.4

Sources

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