CVE-2018-1241 describes a critical vulnerability in Dell EMC RecoverPoint and RecoverPoint for VMs (versions prior to 5.1.2 and 5.1.1.3, respectively) where LDAP passwords can be inadvertently written in plain-text to log files. This flaw allows an authenticated malicious user with access to these logs to steal sensitive LDAP credentials. With a CVSS score of 8.8 (High), the vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low privileges, potentially leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While no public exploits or Metasploit modules exist, the vulnerability has garnered some community discussion and media coverage, indicating awareness despite no confirmed active exploitation.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 5.1.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:emc:recoverpoint:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 5.1.1.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:emc:recoverpoint_for_virtual_machines:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/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, 0.0 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
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.