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title: "CVE-2017-18044: A Command Injection issue was discovered… | CubePath"
description: "A Command Injection issue was discovered in ContentStore/Base/CVDataPipe.dll in Commvault before v11 SP6. A certain message parsing function inside…"
language: en
source: https://cubepath.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-18044
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# CVE-2017-18044: A Command Injection issue was discovered… | CubePath

## Description

A Command Injection issue was discovered in ContentStore/Base/CVDataPipe.dll in Commvault before v11 SP6\. A certain message parsing function inside the Commvault service does not properly validate the input of an incoming string before passing it to CreateProcess. As a result, a specially crafted message can inject commands that will be executed on the target operating system. Exploitation of this vulnerability does not require authentication and can lead to SYSTEM level privilege on any system running the cvd daemon. This is a different vulnerability than CVE-2017-3195.

Official description from the CVE record, published by mitre. Copyright © 1999-2026 The MITRE Corporation. See [/security/cve/legal](https://cubepath.com/security/cve/legal) for the CVE license. [View the record on cve.org](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-18044)

## Key data

### EPSS

Exploit Prediction Scoring System by FIRST: an estimate of the probability that exploitation activity will be observed in the next 30 days.

Score

0.68732 (68.7% probability)

Percentile

99.4%

Scores of

Nov 10, 2026

Model

v2026.06.15

## References

Links listed in the CVE record. They lead to other sites, which CubePath does not control.

- [github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/pull/9389](https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/pull/9389)
- [github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/pull/9340](https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/pull/9340)
- [securifera.com/advisories/sec-2017-0001](https://www.securifera.com/advisories/sec-2017-0001/)

## Timeline

1. ID reserved Jan 19, 2018
2. Record published Jan 19, 2018
3. Record last updated Aug 5, 2024

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