HTTP: Dell EMC VMAX Virtual Appliance Manager Authentication Bypass

An authentication bypass vulnerability has been reported in Dell EMC VMAX Virtual Appliance (vApp). Successful exploitation would allow the attacker to authenticate to the target service and gain unauthorized access to the system.

Extended Description

A hard-coded password vulnerability was discovered in vApp Manager which is embedded in Dell EMC Unisphere for VMAX, Dell EMC Solutions Enabler, Dell EMC VASA Virtual Appliances, and Dell EMC VMAX Embedded Management (eManagement): Dell EMC Unisphere for VMAX Virtual Appliance versions prior to 8.4.0.18, Dell EMC Solutions Enabler Virtual Appliance versions prior to 8.4.0.21, Dell EMC VASA Virtual Appliance versions prior to 8.4.0.514, and Dell EMC VMAX Embedded Management (eManagement) versions prior to and including 1.4 (Enginuity Release 5977.1125.1125 and earlier). They contain an undocumented default account (smc) with a hard-coded password that may be used with certain web servlets. A remote attacker with the knowledge of the hard-coded password and the message format may use vulnerable servlets to gain unauthorized access to the system. Note: This account cannot be used to log in via the web user interface.

Affected Products

Dell emc_vmax_embedded_management

References

CVE: CVE-2018-1216

URL: http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2018/feb/att-38/dsa-2018-024.txt

Short Name

HTTP:MISC:EMC-VMAX-AUTH-BYPAS

Severity

Major

Recommended

True

Recommended Action

Drop

HTTP: Dell EMC VMAX Virtual Appliance Manager Authentication Bypass

Extended Description

Affected Products

References

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