What is CVE-2018-15766?

CVE-2018-15766 is a high-severity vulnerability in Dell Encryption, classified under Weak Password Requirements. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2018-10-11.

How severe is CVE-2018-15766?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Dell Encryption

CVE-2018-15766

On install, Dell Encryption versions prior 10.0.1 and Dell Endpoint Security Suite Enterprise versions prior 2.0.1 will overwrite and manually set the "Minimum Password Length" group policy object to a value of 1 on that device. This allows for users to bypass any existing policy for password length and potentially create insecure password on their device. This value is defined during the installation of the "Encryption Management Agent" or "EMAgent" application. There are no other known values modified.

EPSS: 0.006 (43.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N.

Affected products

Dell Encryption — versions unspecified
Dell Endpoint Security Suite Enterprise — versions unspecified
Dell Endpoint_security_suite_enterprise

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-521 — Weak Password Requirements

References

security_alert@emc.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Mitigation, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-15766?: CVE-2018-15766 is a high-severity vulnerability in Dell Encryption, classified under Weak Password Requirements. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2018-10-11.
How severe is CVE-2018-15766?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.