Privilege escalation in EMC Data Protection Advisor - CVE-2018-1206
Published: March 19, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU11146
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-1206
CWE-ID: CWE-259
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Dell
Affected software:
EMC Data Protection Advisor
EMC Data Protection Advisor
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a local attacker to gain elevated privileges on the target system.
The system contains a database account with administrative privileges that has a hardcoded password. A local attacker can use the password, login to the 'apollosuperuser' account, access the database and gain root privileges.
The system contains a database account with administrative privileges that has a hardcoded password. A local attacker can use the password, login to the 'apollosuperuser' account, access the database and gain root privileges.
How to mitigate CVE-2018-1206
Update to versions 6.3 Patch 159 or 6.4 Patch 110.