Vulnerability in EMC Esrs Policy Manager

CVE-2017-4976

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.

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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: 0.018 (77.0th percentile), scored .

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 77th percentile — 77.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2017-4976: held from 0.018 to 0.018.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.018 · newest: 0.018 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-4976?
CVE-2017-4976 is a critical-severity vulnerability in EMC Esrs Policy Manager, classified under Use of Hard-coded Credentials. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2017-07-09.
How severe is CVE-2017-4976?
Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.