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.

EPSS: 0.005 (42.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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.

Affected products

Emc Vplex_geosynchrony — versions 5.4, 5.5
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-264

References

security_alert@emc.com (x_refsource_MISC)
security_alert@emc.com (mailing-list, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ)
security_alert@emc.com (vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
security_alert@emc.com (vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK)

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.