EMC Avamar Server and Avamar Virtual Edition before 7.0 on Data Store Gen3, Gen4, and Gen4s platforms do not properly determine authorizatio
EMC Avamar Server and Avamar Virtual Edition before 7.0 on Data Store Gen3, Gen4, and Gen4s platforms do not properly determine authorization for calls to Java RMI methods, which allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors.
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- Jul 19, 2013
- Updated
- Jun 16, 2026
- EPSS
- 3.1% · 87th percentile
- CWE
- CWE-264
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Report tools
Action score
37
Monitor
Low priority for now.
- CVSS
- 36 / 40 · 9.0 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 1 / 30 · 3.1%
Affected systems
| Vendor | Product | CPE |
|---|---|---|
| emc | avamar server | cpe:2.3:a:emc:avamar_server |
| emc | avamar server virtual edition | cpe:2.3:a:emc:avamar_server_virtual_edition |
Affected versions
NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.
- emc avamar serverup to 6.1 inclusive
- emc avamar server4.0
- emc avamar server4.1
- emc avamar server5.0
- emc avamar server6.0
- emc avamar server virtual editionup to 6.1 inclusive
- emc avamar server virtual edition4.0
- emc avamar server virtual edition4.1
- emc avamar server virtual edition5.0
- emc avamar server virtual edition6.0
Same product
emc: all recordsOther highest-scoring records for the same primary product.
- CVE-2017-15548An issue was discovered in EMC Avamar Server 7.1.x, 7.2.x, 7.3.x, 7.4.x, 7.5.0; EMC NetWorker Virtual Edition (NVE) 9.0.x, 9.1.x, 9.2.x; and40Plan
- CVE-2017-4990In EMC Avamar Server Software 7.4.1-58, 7.4.0-242, 7.3.1-125, 7.3.0-233, 7.3.0-226, an unauthorized attacker may leverage the file upload fe40Plan
- CVE-2017-4989In EMC Avamar Server Software 7.3.1-125, 7.3.0-233, 7.3.0-226, 7.2.1-32, 7.2.1-31, 7.2.0-401, an unauthenticated remote attacker may potenti40Plan
- CVE-2017-15550An issue was discovered in EMC Avamar Server 7.1.x, 7.2.x, 7.3.x, 7.4.x, 7.5.0; EMC NetWorker Virtual Edition (NVE) 9.0.x, 9.1.x, 9.2.x; and37Monitor
- CVE-2017-15549An issue was discovered in EMC Avamar Server 7.1.x, 7.2.x, 7.3.x, 7.4.x, 7.5.0; EMC NetWorker Virtual Edition (NVE) 9.0.x, 9.1.x, 9.2.x; and37Monitor
- CVE-2016-0903Avamar Data Store (ADS) and Avamar Virtual Edition (AVE) in EMC Avamar Server before 7.3.0-233 rely on client-side authentication, which all37Monitor
Remediation
Which version to upgrade to
Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.
No fix version is recorded for this entry. Check the references for vendor advisories.
Exploit status
No known public exploit
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Research context
For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.
Timeline
From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.
No dated events beyond publication.
FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).
Patch and commit links
Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.
No commit or PR link among the references.
Credits
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No credits in the CNA record.
Variant candidates
Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.
No nightly-computed relations.
Chain candidates
An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.
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Bug bounty scope
No known public program.
Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).
Technical details
Attack conditions
- No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
If successful
- Confidentiality
- C · data can be read
- Integrity
- C · data or configuration can be modified
- Availability
- C · the service can be disrupted
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Confidentiality impact
- C
- Integrity impact
- C
- Availability impact
- C
Weakness class (CWE)
CWE-264 · Permissions, Privileges, and Access ControlsCVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
nvd-primary
Attack context
MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.
MITRE has no CAPEC/ATT&CK mapping for this CWE.
Change log
No changes recorded on tracked fields yet. Score, KEV, exploit maturity and fix status changes appear here.
References
Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.