VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2017-4976

CVSS score9.8 CRITICAL

EPSS probability1.75%

CISA KEVNot currently listed

Published2017-07-09

Last modified2026-06-17

CVSS vectorCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Description

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.

Weakness classification

CWE-798: Use of Hard-coded Credentials

Primary references

security_alert@emc.com — Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
security_alert@emc.com — Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry