CVE-2017-14374 describes a critical vulnerability in Dell Storage Manager versions prior to 16.3.20, specifically affecting Windows installations of the Data Collector. The SMI-S service in these versions uses a hard-coded password, allowing a remote attacker to disable the service via HTTP requests. This vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 9.8 (CRITICAL) due to its network-based attack vector, low attack complexity, and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 16.3.20CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:dell:storage_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.