{"id":"CVE-2015-6850","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2015-6850","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T18:47:19.166Z","title":"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.","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.","published":"2015-12-28T15:59:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T00:31:32.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"security_alert@emc.com","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":8.4,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-264"],"affected":["emc/vplex geosynchrony"],"epss":{"score":0.00539,"percentile":0.45112,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"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."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/135041/EMC-VPLEX-Undocumented-Account.html","source":"security_alert@emc.com"},{"url":"http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2015/Dec/129","source":"security_alert@emc.com"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/79664","source":"security_alert@emc.com"},{"url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034526","source":"security_alert@emc.com"},{"url":"http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/135041/EMC-VPLEX-Undocumented-Account.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2015/Dec/129","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/79664","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034526","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-6850","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}