High severity · published Jul 28, 2021
CVE-2020-5351
Dell EMC Data Protection Advisor versions 6.4, 6.5 and 18.1 contain an undocumented account with limited privileges that is protected with a hard-coded password
7.5
CVSS
1.1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Dell EMC Data Protection Advisor versions 6.4, 6.5 and 18.1 contain an undocumented account with limited privileges that is protected with a hard-coded password. A remote unauthenticated malicious user with the knowledge of the hard-coded password may login to the system and gain read-only privileges.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.1% · higher than 65% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DP
Data Protection Advisor · Dell
before 6.4, 6.5, 18.1 · source: vendor
ED
Emc Data Protection Advisor · Dell
6.4; 6.5; 18.1 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-5351
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-5351
Vendor Advisory
https://www.dell.com/support/security/en-us/details/542649/DSA-2020-080-Dell-EMC-Data-Protection-Advisor-Hard-Coded-Credential-Vulnerability
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