CVE-2015-6850

high
Published 2015-12-28 · Modified 2026-05-06
CVSS v3
8.4
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v2
7.2
VIR risk
8.4

Description

EMC VPLEX GeoSynchrony 5.4 SP1 before P3 and 5.5 before Patch 1 has a default password for the root account, which allows local users to gain privileges by leveraging a login session.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
80%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

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Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
emcvplex_geosynchrony5.4
emcvplex_geosynchrony5.5

References

CWEs

CWE-264

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.