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 allow…

EPSS: 0.006 (42.0th 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.