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EMC NetWorker Management Console Weak Authentication
Secunia Advisory: SA24362
Release Date: 2007-03-05
Last Update: 2007-03-06
Popularity: 7,550 views

Critical:
Moderately critical
Impact: Security Bypass
Where: From local network
Solution Status: Vendor Patch

Software:EMC NetWorker (formerly Legato NetWorker) 7.x

Secunia CVSS-2 Score: Available in Secunia business solutions

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Description:
A vulnerability has been reported in EMC NetWorker, which can be exploited by malicious people to bypass certain security restrictions.

The vulnerability is caused due to the Management Console using a weak authentication mechanism when connecting to NetWorker backup servers. This can be exploited to bypass the authentication mechanism and execute arbitrary commands with root privileges on affected servers.

The vulnerability is reported in versions prior to 7.3.2 Jumbo Update 1, Build 386.

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