What is CVE-2017-14374?

CVE-2017-14374 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Dell Storage Manager, classified under Use of Hard-coded Credentials. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2017-12-06.

How severe is CVE-2017-14374?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Dell Storage Manager

CVE-2017-14374

The SMI-S service in Dell Storage Manager versions earlier than 16.3.20 (aka 2016 R3.20) is protected using a hard-coded password. A remote user with the knowledge of the password might potentially disable the SMI-S service via HTTP requests, affecting storage management and monitoring functionality via the SMI-S interface. This issue, aka DSM-30415, only affects a Windows installation of the Data Collector (not applicable to the virtual appliance).

Published 2017-12-06 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.013 (69.7th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 70th percentile — 69.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.013 · newest: 0.013 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Dell Storage Manager
Dell Storage Manager 2016 Versions Earlier Than 16.3.20 — versions Dell Storage Manager 2016 Dell Storage Manager versions earlier than 16.3.20

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-798 — Use of Hard-coded Credentials

References

topics-cdn.dell.com/pdf/storage-sc2000_release notes24_en-us.pdf (Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-14374?: CVE-2017-14374 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Dell Storage Manager, classified under Use of Hard-coded Credentials. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2017-12-06.
How severe is CVE-2017-14374?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.