VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2017-4976
A remote attacker with the knowledge of the default password may login to the system and gain administrator privileges to the local LDAP directory server.
CRITICAL 9.8EPSS 1.75%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.75%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
EMC ESRS Policy Manager prior to 6.8 contains an undocumented account (OpenDS admin) with a default password. A remote attacker with the knowledge of the default password may login to the system and gain administrator privileges to the local LDAP directory server.
- CVSS 3.0
- 9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 1.75% probability · 77th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-798
- Affected
- emc/esrs policy manager
- Source
- security_alert@emc.com
References
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2017/Jul/13Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038840Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2017/Jul/13Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038840Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.