CVE-2018-11079 is a Plaintext Password Storage vulnerability affecting Dell EMC Secure Remote Services versions prior to 3.32.00.08. Database credentials are stored in plaintext within a configuration file, allowing an authenticated malicious user with file access to obtain these passwords and gain access to the application database. This vulnerability carries a CVSS v3 score of 7.8 (High), indicating a high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, with low attack complexity and requiring local user privileges. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 3.32.00.08CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:emc:secure_remote_services:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
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.