What is CVE-2015-6850?

CVE-2015-6850 is a high-severity vulnerability in EMC Vplex Geosynchrony, classified under CWE-264. CVSS score: 8.4/10. Published 2015-12-28.

How severe is CVE-2015-6850?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.4 out of 10.

Vulnerability in EMC Vplex Geosynchrony

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.

Published 2015-12-28 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.4 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.005 (43.1th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 43rd percentile — 43.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.005 · newest: 0.005 · change: 0.000

Affected products

EMC Vplex Geosynchrony — versions 5.4, 5.5

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-264

References

packetstormsecurity.com/files/135041/EMC-VPLEX-Undocumented-Account.html
seclists.org/bugtraq/2015/Dec/129 (mailing-list)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/79664 (vdb-entry)
www.securitytracker.com/id/1034526 (vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2015-6850?: CVE-2015-6850 is a high-severity vulnerability in EMC Vplex Geosynchrony, classified under CWE-264. CVSS score: 8.4/10. Published 2015-12-28.
How severe is CVE-2015-6850?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.4 out of 10.