#VU7392 Security restrictions bypass in EMC ESRS Policy Manager - CVE-2017-4976 

 

#VU7392 Security restrictions bypass in EMC ESRS Policy Manager - CVE-2017-4976

Published: July 10, 2017


Vulnerability identifier: #VU7392
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-4976
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Adjecent network
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
EMC ESRS Policy Manager
Software vendor:
Dell

Description

The vulnerability allows an adjacent attacker to bypass security restrictions.

The weakness exists due to use of default password by an undocumented account ('OpenDS admin').A remote attacker with the knowledge of the default password may login to the system and gain administrator privileges on the local LDAP directory server.

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability results in full access to the affected system.

Remediation

Update to version 6.8.

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