EMC NetWorker 7.6.x and 8.x before 8.1 allows local users to obtain sensitive configuration information by leveraging operating-system privi

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

• emc networker7.6
• emc networker7.6.0.2
• emc networker7.6.0.3
• emc networker7.6.0.4
• emc networker7.6.0.5
• emc networker7.6.0.6
• emc networker7.6.0.7
• emc networker7.6.0.8
• emc networker7.6.0.9
• emc networker7.6.1
• emc networker7.6.1.1
• emc networker7.6.1.2
• emc networker7.6.1.3
• emc networker7.6.1.4
• emc networker7.6.1.5
• emc networker7.6.3
• emc networker7.6.4
• emc networker7.6.4.1
• emc networker7.6.4.2
• emc networker7.6.4.3

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

• CVE-2012-2288Format string vulnerability in the nsrd RPC service in EMC NetWorker 7.6.3 and 7.6.4 before 7.6.4.1, and 8.0 before 8.0.0.1, allows remote a
  47Plan
• CVE-2016-0916EMC NetWorker 8.2.1.x and 8.2.2.x before 8.2.2.6 and 9.x before 9.0.0.6 mishandles authentication, which allows remote attackers to execute
  41Plan
• CVE-2006-3892The Management Console server in EMC NetWorker (formerly Legato NetWorker) 7.3.2 before Jumbo Update 1 uses weak authentication, which allow
  41Plan
• CVE-2012-4607Buffer overflow in nsrindexd in EMC NetWorker 7.5.x and 7.6.x before 7.6.5, and 8.x before 8.0.0.6, allows remote attackers to execute arbit
  38Monitor
• CVE-2012-0395Buffer overflow in the server in EMC NetWorker 7.5.x and 7.6.x before 7.6.3 SP1 Cumulative Release build 851 allows remote attackers to caus
  38Monitor
• CVE-2017-8022An issue was discovered in EMC NetWorker (prior to 8.2.4.9, all supported 9.0.x versions, prior to 9.1.1.3, prior to 9.2.0.4).
  33Monitor

FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).

Root cause

The extension requests broader permissions than its function needs and sends the data it collects out for purposes beyond its stated function.

A representative example of this vulnerability class. Not the vendor's source code; it shows the faulty pattern and its fix.

1{2  "permissions": ["tabs", "<all_urls>"],3  "background": { "service_worker": "analytics.js" }4}

1{2  "permissions": ["activeTab"],3  "host_permissions": ["https://yildiz.example/*"]4}

Attack context

MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.