{"id":76065,"date":"2025-09-22T10:26:27","date_gmt":"2025-09-22T10:26:27","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2025-10-16T05:54:14","modified_gmt":"2025-10-16T11:54:14","slug":"cve-2025-30099-improper-neutralization-of-special-elements-in-dell-powerprotect-data-domain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-30099-improper-neutralization-of-special-elements-in-dell-powerprotect-data-domain\/","title":{"rendered":"<strong>CVE-2025-30099: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Dell PowerProtect Data Domain<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Overview<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>CVE-2025-30099 is a high-severity vulnerability affecting Dell PowerProtect Data Domain systems, specifically those running the Data Domain Operating System (DD OS). This vulnerability is of paramount concern due to its potential to allow low privileged attackers to execute arbitrary commands with root privileges on the affected systems, thereby leading to total system compromise or data leakage.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Vulnerability Summary<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>CVE ID: CVE-2025-30099<br \/>\nSeverity: High (7.8 CVSS Score)<br \/>\nAttack Vector: Local<br \/>\nPrivileges Required: Low<br \/>\nUser Interaction: None<br \/>\nImpact: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-22404-potential-system-compromise-due-to-use-after-free-vulnerability\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"85595\">System compromise<\/a>, Potential data leakage<\/p>\n<p><strong>Affected Products<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-3294400424\" class=\"ameeb-content-2 ameeb-entity-placement\"><div style=\"border-left: 4px solid #555; padding-left: 20px; margin: 48px 0; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; color: #ffffff; line-height: 1.6; max-width: 720px;\">\r\n  <h2 style=\"margin-top: 0; font-size: 22px; font-weight: 600; display: flex; align-items: center; letter-spacing: -0.02em;\">\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\" style=\"display: inline-flex; align-items: center; margin-right: 10px;\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Best-App-icon-Ameeba.png\" alt=\"Ameeba Chat Icon\" style=\"width: 42px; height: 42px;\" \/>\r\n    <\/a>\r\n    Share secrets securely\r\n  <\/h2>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"margin-bottom: 14px; color: #d1d5db;\">\r\n    Ameeba is private infrastructure for communication and sensitive work built on encrypted identity instead of exposed corporate identity systems.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"margin-bottom: 18px; color: #a1a1aa;\">\r\n    Passwords, credentials, confidential files, screenshots, internal discussions, sensitive AI context, and private coordination should not become exposed across ordinary communication platforms.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <ul style=\"list-style: none; padding-left: 0; margin-bottom: 24px; color: #e4e4e7;\">\r\n    <li style=\"margin-bottom: 8px;\">\u2022 Encrypted identity<\/li>\r\n    <li style=\"margin-bottom: 8px;\">\u2022 Private Spaces for organizations and teams<\/li>\r\n    <li style=\"margin-bottom: 8px;\">\u2022 End-to-end encrypted chat, calls, files, and notes<\/li>\r\n    <li style=\"margin-bottom: 8px;\">\u2022 Sensitive AI work and protected collaboration<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 Built for information that cannot leak<\/li>\r\n  <\/ul>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"font-style: italic; font-weight: 600; margin-bottom: 24px; color: #ffffff;\">\r\n    Our mission is to secure human work alongside AI.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <div style=\"display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; gap: 12px;\">\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\/download\" style=\"background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; padding: 10px 20px; text-decoration: none; border-radius: 8px; font-weight: 500;\">\r\n      Download Ameeba\r\n    <\/a>\r\n\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\" style=\"border: 1px solid #ffffff; color: #ffffff; padding: 10px 20px; text-decoration: none; border-radius: 8px; font-weight: 500;\">\r\n      Learn More\r\n    <\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>Product | Affected Versions<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-43884-command-injection-vulnerability-in-dell-powerprotect-data-manager\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"90036\">Dell PowerProtect Data<\/a> Domain | Feature Release versions 7.7.1.0 through 8.1.0.10<br \/>\nDell PowerProtect Data Domain | LTS2024 release Versions 7.13.1.0 through 7.13.1.25<br \/>\nDell PowerProtect Data Domain | LTS 2023 release versions 7.10.1.0 through 7.10.1.50<\/p>\n<p><strong>How the Exploit Works<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The exploit takes advantage of an OS command <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-50972-sql-injection-vulnerability-in-abantecart-1-4-2-with-a-high-severity-score\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"83550\">injection vulnerability<\/a> within the DDSH CLI component of the DD OS. By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2024-46484-critical-os-command-injection-vulnerability-in-trendnet-tv-ip410-va1-0r\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"85504\">injecting malicious commands<\/a> into the operating system, an attacker can bypass the system&#8217;s security measures. This occurs due to the system&#8217;s failure to properly neutralize special elements used in OS commands.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Conceptual Example Code<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-1943175768\" class=\"ameeb-content ameeb-entity-placement\"><div class=\"poptin-embedded\" data-id=\"f6b387694f681\"><\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<\/div>\n<p>Below is a conceptual example of how the OS command <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-52122-critical-server-side-template-injection-ssti-vulnerability-in-freeform-plugin-for-craftcms\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"84047\">injection vulnerability<\/a> might be exploited. Please note that this is a simplified pseudocode representation and the actual exploitation process would be complex and depend on the specific system configuration.<\/p>\n<pre><code class=\"\" data-line=\"\"># Suppose &#039;input&#039; is a parameter controlled by the attacker\ninput = &quot;innocuous_command; malicious_command&quot;\n# The system would treat it as two separate commands\nsystem.execute(input)<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>In this example, `innocuous_command` is a legitimate command that the system allows, and `malicious_command` is the attacker&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-52353-arbitrary-code-execution-vulnerability-in-badaso-cms-2-9-11\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"83991\">arbitrary command executed<\/a> with root privileges. The semicolon is a command separator in many systems, allowing multiple <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-57771-arbitrary-command-execution-vulnerability-in-roo-code-ai\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"84862\">commands to be executed<\/a> in sequence.<br \/>\nTo mitigate this vulnerability, it&#8217;s recommended to apply vendor patches as soon as they become available. In the meantime, using a Web Application Firewall (WAF) or Intrusion Detection System (IDS) can provide temporary protection. Despite these measures, the only comprehensive solution is to patch the system to neutralize the command <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-6791-sql-injection-vulnerability-in-centreon-web-monitoring-event-logs-module\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"84145\">injection vulnerability<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Overview CVE-2025-30099 is a high-severity vulnerability affecting Dell PowerProtect Data Domain systems, specifically those running the Data Domain Operating System (DD OS). This vulnerability is of paramount concern due to its potential to allow low privileged attackers to execute arbitrary commands with root privileges on the affected systems, thereby leading to total system compromise or [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"vendor":[],"product":[],"attack_vector":[78],"asset_type":[],"severity":[],"exploit_status":[],"class_list":["post-76065","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","attack_vector-injection"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76065","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=76065"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76065\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":82916,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76065\/revisions\/82916"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=76065"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=76065"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=76065"},{"taxonomy":"vendor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vendor?post=76065"},{"taxonomy":"product","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product?post=76065"},{"taxonomy":"attack_vector","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/attack_vector?post=76065"},{"taxonomy":"asset_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/asset_type?post=76065"},{"taxonomy":"severity","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/severity?post=76065"},{"taxonomy":"exploit_status","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/exploit_status?post=76065"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}