What is CVE-2018-11078?

CVE-2018-11078 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Dell Emc Vplex Geosynchrony, classified under Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource. CVSS score: 4.0/10. Published 2018-09-11.

How severe is CVE-2018-11078?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.0 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Dell Emc Vplex Geosynchrony

CVE-2018-11078

Dell EMC VPlex GeoSynchrony, versions prior to 6.1, contains an Insecure File Permissions vulnerability. A remote authenticated malicious user could read from VPN configuration files on and potentially author a MITM attack on the VPN traffic.

EPSS: 0.008 (51.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.0 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Dell Emc_vplex_geosynchrony
Dell Emc Vplex Software: Geosynchrony — versions unspecified

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-732 — Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource

References

security_alert@emc.com (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK)
security_alert@emc.com (mailing-list, x_refsource_FULLDISC, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-11078?: CVE-2018-11078 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Dell Emc Vplex Geosynchrony, classified under Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource. CVSS score: 4.0/10. Published 2018-09-11.
How severe is CVE-2018-11078?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.0 out of 10.