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CVE-2018-1216

CRITICAL

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.

Published: Mar 8, 2018 Modified: Jun 17, 2026
CWE-798

CVSS Metrics

CVSSv3
Attack Vector: NETWORK Attack Complexity: LOW Privileges Required: NONE User Interaction: NONE Scope: UNCHANGED Confidentiality Impact: HIGH Integrity Impact: HIGH Availability Impact: HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Products (4)

Vendor Product Version
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 *

GitHub Security Advisory GHSA-xp9f-vm29-4q5v

A hard-coded password vulnerability was discovered in vApp Manager which is embedded in Dell EMC...

Risk Scores

CVSS Score 9.8 / 10
EPSS Score 21.69%

Top 3% most likely to be exploited

Threat Score 45.7 / 100

Data Sources

NVD EPSS GitHub