Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in VPLEX GeoSynchrony - CVE-2015-6850
Published: December 28, 2015 / Updated: August 9, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU40566
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2015-6850
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Dell
Affected software:
VPLEX GeoSynchrony
VPLEX GeoSynchrony
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code.
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.
How to mitigate CVE-2015-6850
Install update from vendor's website.