CVE-2015-6850 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

EMC VPLEX GeoSynchrony 5.4 SP1 before P3 and 5.5 before Patch 1 has a default password for the root account, which allows local users to gain privileges by leveraging a login session.

Published: 2015-12-28

Score: 8.4 High

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:emc:vplex_geosynchrony:5.4:sp1::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:emc:vplex_geosynchrony:5.5:::::::*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2015-6786	EMC VPLEX GeoSynchrony 5.4 SP1 before P3 and 5.5 before Patch 1 has a default password for the root account, which allows local users to gain privileges by leveraging a login session.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00054.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/135041/EMC-VPLEX-Undocumented-Account.html
http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2015/Dec/129
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/79664
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034526

History

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Subscriptions

Emc Vplex Geosynchrony

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: dell

Published: 2015-12-28T15:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T07:36:34.142Z

Reserved: 2015-09-10T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2015-6850

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2015-12-28T15:59:00.127

Modified: 2026-05-06T22:30:45.220

Link: CVE-2015-6850

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-264

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