CVE-2018-15766 describes a vulnerability in Dell Encryption and Dell Endpoint Security Suite Enterprise versions prior to 10.0.1 and 2.0.1, respectively. During installation, the "Encryption Management Agent" or "EMAgent" application overwrites the "Minimum Password Length" group policy object, setting it to 1. This allows users to bypass established password policies, potentially leading to the creation of insecure passwords. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 7.5 (HIGH), indicating a significant risk. It is an unauthenticated network-based attack (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N) that can lead to high integrity impact (I:H) by allowing weak passwords, though it does not affect confidentiality or availability. Currently, there is no known active exploitation of this vulnerability, nor are there publicly available exploit codes in Metasploit, Nuclei, or ExploitDB. Community discussion and media coverage are minimal, suggesting low public awareness or interest in this specific CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 10.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:dell:encryption:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 2.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:dell:endpoint_security_suite_enterprise:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub 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 records are not available for this CVE.