CVE-2018-1206 describes a hardcoded administrative database account, "apollosuperuser," present in Dell EMC Data Protection Advisor versions prior to 6.3 Patch 159 and 6.4 Patch 110. An attacker with local access to the DPA Datastore Service server and knowledge of the password could gain unauthorized access to the database, leading to high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 7.8 (High) due to its local attack vector and low complexity. There is no known active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
6.3.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:emc:data_protection_advisor:6.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.4.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:emc:data_protection_advisor:6.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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.