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.

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.

EPSS: 0.018 (75.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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.

Affected products

Emc Esrs_policy_manager
N/a Emc Esrs Policy Manager Prior To 6.8 — versions EMC ESRS Policy Manager prior to 6.8

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-798 — Use of Hard-coded Credentials

References

security_alert@emc.com (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, Issue Tracking, x_refsource_SECTRACK)
security_alert@emc.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)

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.