TI-2020-04404 Aliases CVE-2020-5352 GHSA-88h4-h657-8xjq

OS command injection in Dell Data Protection Advisor

MEDIUM 43CWE-78Published 2020-07-06 · Updated 2024-09-16

Key facts

Attack vector: Network
Privileges required: Low
User interaction: None
Attack complexity: Low
Impact type: Code execution
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: High · High · High
Fix status: No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-78.

Summary

Dell EMC Data Protection Advisor 6.4, 6.5 and 18.1 contain an OS command injection vulnerability. A remote authenticated malicious user may exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary commands on the affected system.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.02911 87th percentileScored 2026-11-07

Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

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

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
Dell	Data Protection Advisor	6.4, 6.5, 18.1	—	No fix listed	CNA

Data Protection Advisor VendorDell Affected 6.4, 6.5, 18.1 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 3

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:dell:emc_data_protection_advisor:6.4:::::::*	6.4	Vulnerable	Dell
cpe:2.3:a:dell:emc_data_protection_advisor:6.5:::::::*	6.5	Vulnerable	Dell
cpe:2.3:a:dell:emc_data_protection_advisor:18.1:::::::*	18.1	Vulnerable	Dell

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

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2020-5352
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-88h4-h657-8xjq

References

Advisory 1

https://www.dell.com/support/security/en-us/details/542719/DSA-2020-081-Dell-EMC-Data-Protection-Advisor-OS-Command-Injection-Vulnerability

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-2020-04403 Dell EMC Data Protection Advisor versions 6.4, 6.5 and 18.1 contain an undocumented… 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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