CVE-2018-1216

CRITICAL

Dell EMC Solutions Enabler Virtual Appliance < 8.4.0.21 - Hard-coded Credentials in vApp Manager

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

A hard-coded password vulnerability was discovered in vApp Manager which is embedded in Dell EMC Unisphere for VMAX, Dell EMC Solutions Enabler, Dell EMC VASA Virtual Appliances, and Dell EMC VMAX Embedded Management (eManagement): Dell EMC Unisphere for VMAX Virtual Appliance versions prior to 8.4.0.18, Dell EMC Solutions Enabler Virtual Appliance versions prior to 8.4.0.21, Dell EMC VASA Virtual Appliance versions prior to 8.4.0.514, and Dell EMC VMAX Embedded Management (eManagement) versions prior to and including 1.4 (Enginuity Release 5977.1125.1125 and earlier). They contain an undocumented default account (smc) with a hard-coded password that may be used with certain web servlets. A remote attacker with the knowledge of the hard-coded password and the message format may use vulnerable servlets to gain unauthorized access to the system. Note: This account cannot be used to log in via the web user interface.

References (4)

Core 4
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103039
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://www.tenable.com/security/research/tra-2018-03
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040383
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2018/Feb/41

Scores

CVSS v3 9.8
EPSS 0.0620
EPSS Percentile 91.0%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-798
Status published
Products (4)
dell/emc_solutions_enabler_virtual_appliance < 8.4.0.21
dell/emc_unisphere_for_vmax_virtual_appliance < 8.4.0.18
dell/emc_vasa_virtual_appliance < 8.4.0.514
dell/emc_vmax_embedded_management < 1.4
Published Mar 08, 2018
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026