Cyber Resilience

CVE-2024-48008

Command Injection in Dell Recoverpoint For Virtual Machines 6.0

Command Injection
Published
13 December 2024
Modified
04 February 2025
Patch / advisory
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CVSS Score v3.1 5.3
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Raw vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
EPSS Score 0.0057 44th percentile
Risk Priority 42 floored blend · peak EPSS

Summary

CVE-2024-48008 is a medium-severity ASP.NET Misconfiguration: Creating Debug Binary (CWE-11) vulnerability in Dell Recoverpoint For Virtual Machines. Its CVSS base score is 5.3 (Medium).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Command and Scripting Interpreter (T1059); ranked at the 44th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

The strongest mitigations our analysis identified map to CM-2 (Baseline Configuration) and CM-6 (Configuration Settings) — see the control section below for these in your framework.

OWASP Top 10 for Web (2025)

A02:2025 Security MisconfigurationA05:2025 Injection

EU & UK References

Vulnerability Data

Dell RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines 6.0.x contains a OS Command Injection vulnerability. An Low privileged remote attacker could potentially exploit this vulnerability leading to information disclosure ,allowing of unintended actions like reading files that may contain sensitive information

CWE(s)
CWE-11CWE-78

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise Techniques

T1059 Command and Scripting Interpreter Execution
Adversaries may abuse command and script interpreters to execute commands, scripts, or binaries.
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T1059.003 Windows Command Shell Execution
Adversaries may abuse the Windows command shell for execution.
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T1059.004 Unix Shell Execution
Adversaries may abuse Unix shell commands and scripts for execution.
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T1059.001 PowerShell Execution
Adversaries may abuse PowerShell commands and scripts for execution.
attack.mitre.org →
T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application Initial Access
Adversaries may attempt to exploit a weakness in an Internet-facing host or system to initially access a network.
attack.mitre.org →
T1082 System Information Discovery Discovery
An adversary may attempt to get detailed information about the operating system and hardware, including version, patches, hotfixes, service packs, and architecture.
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Derived from this CVE’s CWE(s) via the direct CWE→ATT&CK cross-walk.

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Affected Assets

dell
recoverpoint for virtual machines
6.0

Mitigating Controls

Control response

Prevent
Stop it (NIST 800-53)

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Detect
Catch it (NIST detect / respond)

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Harden
Shrink the surface (DISA STIG)

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Validate
Prove the fix (OWASP ASVS)
  • V13.4.2
  • V1.2.5
  • V1.2.8
  • V15.2.5

Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI

CM-2 Baseline Configuration good match

Baseline configuration explicitly excludes debug binaries and enforces production settings that prevent exposure of debugging messages.

CM-6 Configuration Settings good match

Requires the most restrictive configuration settings, directly stopping debug mode from being enabled in deployed ASP.NET binaries.

SA-11 Developer Testing and Evaluation good match

Developer testing and evaluation can discover missing or incorrect command sanitization during development.

SI-10 Information Input Validation good match

Input validation directly neutralizes or rejects special characters that would otherwise alter OS command structure.

AC-6 Least Privilege partial match

Least privilege reduces the permissions available to any process that could be subverted by injected commands.

CM-7 Least Functionality partial match

Least functionality restricts available OS commands and interpreters, limiting the blast radius of injection.

Mitigating Controls (NIST CSF 2.0) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→CSF cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

PR.PS-01 mostly match
prevents

Configuration management directly prevents debug binaries from being deployed to production.

PR.PS-06 mostly match
prevents

Secure SDLC practices include build and release configuration checks that eliminate debug binaries.

PR.PS-02 partial match
prevents

Routine patching/maintenance can remediate known command-injection CVEs in dependencies (partial forward) but does nothing to stop developers from introducing improper neutralization in custom code (none reverse).

Mitigating Controls (ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Annex A) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→ISO cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

A.8.29 Security testing in development and acceptance mostly match
finds

Security testing in development and acceptance can detect debug binaries but does not prevent their creation or deployment.

A.8.9 Configuration management mostly match
prevents

Configuration management directly requires disabling debug builds and removing diagnostic information from production releases.

A.8.25 Secure development life cycle partial match
prevents

Secure development life cycle mandates removal of debug symbols and verbose error handling before deployment.

A.8.28 Secure coding partial match
prevents

Secure coding practices discourage leaving debug binaries in production but do not explicitly govern configuration settings.

A.8.31 Separation of development, test and production environments partial match
mitigates

Separation of environments reduces the chance that debug builds reach production but does not address the configuration weakness itself.

References