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CVE-2017-4983

Status: ModifiedMedium (6.7)—

EMC Data Domain OS 5.2 through 5.7 before 5.7.3.0 and 6.0 before 6.0.1.0 is affected by a privilege escalation vulnerability that may potentially be exploited by attackers to compromise the affected system.

CVSS

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).

Affected technologies (1)

Dell — EMC Data Domain OS

CWEs

References

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