CVE-2015-6850
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.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.54%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
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.
- CVSS 3.0
- 8.4 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.54% probability · 45th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-264
- Affected
- emc/vplex geosynchrony
- Source
- security_alert@emc.com
EPSS 0.5% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/135041/EMC-VPLEX-Undocumented-Account.html
- http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2015/Dec/129
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/79664
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034526
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/135041/EMC-VPLEX-Undocumented-Account.html
- http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2015/Dec/129
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/79664
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034526
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.