CVE-2024-49563 (GCVE-0-2024-49563)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-03-28 01:35 – Updated: 2026-02-26 19:09
VLAI
Summary
Dell Unity, version(s) 5.4 and prior, contain(s) an Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection') vulnerability. A low privileged attacker with local access could potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to execution of arbitrary operating system commands with root privileges and elevation of privileges.
Severity
7.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
  • CWE-78 - Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Dell Unity Affected: N/A , < 5.5.0.0.5.259 (semver)
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Date Public
2025-03-27 06:30
Credits
Dell would like to thank zzcentury from Ubisectech Sirius Team for reporting these issues.
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