CVE-2017-15548
A remote unauthenticated malicious user can potentially bypass application authentication and gain unauthorized root access to the affected systems.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (4.70%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
An issue was discovered in EMC Avamar Server 7.1.x, 7.2.x, 7.3.x, 7.4.x, 7.5.0; EMC NetWorker Virtual Edition (NVE) 9.0.x, 9.1.x, 9.2.x; and EMC Integrated Data Protection Appliance 2.0. A remote unauthenticated malicious user can potentially bypass application authentication and gain unauthorized root access to the affected systems.
- CVSS 3.0
- 9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 4.70% probability · 92th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-287
- Affected
- emc/avamar server · emc/integrated data protection appliance · emc/networker
- Source
- security_alert@emc.com
EPSS 4.7% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2018/Jan/17Issue Tracking, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102352Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040070Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2018/Jan/17Issue Tracking, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102352Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040070Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.