Security restrictions bypass in EMC Integrated Data Protection Appliance - CVE-2018-11062
Published: October 31, 2018 / Updated: November 1, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU15680
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-11062
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Dell
Affected software:
EMC Integrated Data Protection Appliance
EMC Integrated Data Protection Appliance
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to unspecified flaw. A remote unauthenticated attacker with knowledge of the default credentials can gain unauthorized access to the system and perform unauthorized actions that may lead to further attacks.
How to mitigate CVE-2018-11062
Follow the steps below to remove the user accounts named "support" and "admin" from the impacted virtual machines in
the Integrated Data Protection Appliance:
- Log in to Data Protection Advisor - Datastore Server Virtual Machine using an SSH client such as PuTTY, as root user
and execute the following commands:
- Delete the user "support"
userdel support
- Delete the user "admin"
userdel admin
- Verify that the accounts are deleted. The following commands should display "no such user" as the output.
id support
id admin
the Integrated Data Protection Appliance:
- Log in to Data Protection Advisor - Datastore Server Virtual Machine using an SSH client such as PuTTY, as root user
and execute the following commands:
- Delete the user "support"
userdel support
- Delete the user "admin"
userdel admin
- Verify that the accounts are deleted. The following commands should display "no such user" as the output.
id support
id admin