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Dell EMC NetWorker Unquoted Search Path (DSA-2025-064)

high Nessus Plugin ID 214999

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Synopsis

The remote Windows host has an application installed that is affected by unquoted search path or element vulnerability.

Description

Dell NetWorker, version(s) prior to 19.11.0.3, all versions of 19.10 & prior versions contain(s) an Unquoted Search Path or Element vulnerability. A low privileged attacker with local access could potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to Code execution.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Upgrade to Dell EMC NetWorker 19.11.0.3, 19.12 or later.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?539fd8bf

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 214999

File Name: emc_networker_DSA-2025-064.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: windows

Family: Windows

Published: 2/5/2025

Updated: 2/6/2025

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 5.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-21107

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:dell:emc_networker

Required KB Items: installed_sw/EMC NetWorker, SMB/Registry/Enumerated

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/20/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/20/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-21107