CVE-2017-14374

critical

Published 2017-12-06 · Modified 2026-05-13

CVSS v3

9.8

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v2

7.5

VIR risk

9.8

Description

The SMI-S service in Dell Storage Manager versions earlier than 16.3.20 (aka 2016 R3.20) is protected using a hard-coded password. A remote user with the knowledge of the password might potentially disable the SMI-S service via HTTP requests, affecting storage management and monitoring functionality via the SMI-S interface. This issue, aka DSM-30415, only affects a Windows installation of the Data Collector (not applicable to the virtual appliance).

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

97%

Patch ETA

—

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: security_alert@emc.com — http://topics-cdn.dell.com/pdf/storage-sc2000_release%20notes24_en-us.pdf

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
dell	storage_manager	`{"endExcluding":"16.3.20"}`	`16.3.20`

References

CWEs

CWE-798

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