Dell Unity <5.3: Restricted Shell Bypass in CLI
CVE-2023-43066 Published on October 23, 2023

Dell Unity prior to 5.3 contains a Restricted Shell Bypass vulnerability. This could allow an authenticated, local attacker to exploit this vulnerability by authenticating to the device CLI and issuing certain commands.

Vendor Advisory NVD

Vulnerability Analysis

CVE-2023-43066 is exploitable with local system access, and requires user privileges. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to have no impact on confidentiality, a high impact on integrity, and a small impact on availability.

Attack Vector:
LOCAL
Attack Complexity:
LOW
Privileges Required:
HIGH
User Interaction:
NONE
Scope:
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact:
NONE
Integrity Impact:
HIGH
Availability Impact:
LOW

Weakness Type

What is a Shell injection Vulnerability?

The software constructs all or part of an OS command using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the intended OS command when it is sent to a downstream component.

CVE-2023-43066 has been classified to as a Shell injection vulnerability or weakness.


Products Associated with CVE-2023-43066

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Dell Unity Operating Environment
 
Dell Unity Xt Operating Environment
 
Dell Unityvsa Operating Environment
 
Dell Unity
 

Affected Versions

Dell Unity Version Versions prior to 5.3.0.0.5.120 is affected by CVE-2023-43066

Exploit Probability

EPSS
0.00%
Percentile
0.18%

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System) scores estimate the probability that a vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days. The percentile shows you how this score compares to all other vulnerabilities.