CVE Catalog

CVE-2017-16674

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

Datto Windows Agent allows unauthenticated remote command execution via a modified command in conjunction with CVE-2017-16673 exploitation. An attacker could combine this 'primary/secondary' attack with the 'rogue pairing' attack to achieve unauthenticated access to all agent machines running these older DWA versions.

Risk Assessment

Organizations using vulnerable versions of Datto Windows Agent are at risk of remote command execution by unauthorized users, potentially leading to serious security breaches.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update Datto Windows Agent to the latest version to mitigate the risk associated with this vulnerability.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

Datto Windows Agent allows unauthenticated remote command execution via a modified command in conjunction with CVE-2017-16673 exploitation, aka an attack with a malformed primary whitelisted command and a secondary non-whitelisted command. This affects Datto Windows Agent (DWA) 1.0.5.0 and earlier. In other words, an attacker could combine this "primary/secondary" attack with the CVE-2017-16673 "rogue pairing" attack to achieve unauthenticated access to all agent machines running these older DWA versions.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS