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CVE-2012-1844

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 3.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2012-03-22 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-255

Description

The Quantum Scalar i500 tape library with firmware before i7.0.3 (604G.GS00100), also distributed as the Dell ML6000 tape library with firmware before A20-00 (590G.GS00100) and the IBM TS3310 tape library with firmware before R6C (606G.GS001), uses default passwords for unspecified user accounts, which makes it easier for remote attackers to obtain access via unknown vectors.

Affected products

• Dell Powervault Ml6000: 32u, 41u
• Dell Powervault Ml6000 Firmware: 585g.gs003
• Dell Powervault Ml6010: 5u
• Dell Powervault Ml6020: 14u
• Dell Powervault Ml6030: 23u
• IBM Ts3310 Tape Library: 3573, 3576
• IBM Ts3310 Tape Library Firmware: through 605g.g002
• Quantum Scalar I500: 5u, 14u, 23u
• Quantum Scalar I500 Firmware: through i7.0.2; i2, i3, i3.1, i4, i5, i5.1 (+6)

References

• http://osvdb.org/80372
• http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/913483
• http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/MAPG-8NNKN8
• http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/MAPG-8NVRPY
• http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/MORO-8QNJLE
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74322
• http://osvdb.org/80372
• http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/913483
• http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/MAPG-8NNKN8
• http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/MAPG-8NVRPY
• http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/MORO-8QNJLE
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74322

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