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CVE-2015-6850

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2015-6850 describes a critical vulnerability in EMC VPLEX GeoSynchrony versions 5.4 SP1 (before P3) and 5.5 (before Patch 1), where a default root password allows local privilege escalation. This vulnerability carries a high CVSS score of 8.4, indicating a severe risk due to its low attack complexity and potential for complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
5.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:emc:vplex_geosynchrony:5.4:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:emc:vplex_geosynchrony:5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

8.4HIGH

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.5
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.54%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
42.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0054 is in the 64th percentile among its peer group of 3,237 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.5 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

packetstormsecurity.com / files/135041/EMC-VPLEX-Undocumented-Account.html
seclists.org / bugtraq/2015/Dec/129
securityfocus.com / bid/79664
securitytracker.com / id/1034526