CVE-2017-8013

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2018-03-16 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-798

Description

EMC Data Protection Advisor 6.3.x before patch 67 and 6.4.x before patch 130 contains undocumented accounts with hard-coded passwords and various privileges. Affected accounts are: "Apollo System Test", "emc.dpa.agent.logon" and "emc.dpa.metrics.logon". An attacker with knowledge of the password could potentially use these accounts via REST APIs to gain unauthorized access to EMC Data Protection Advisor (including potentially access with administrative privileges).

Affected products

EMC Data Protection Advisor prior to 6.4: 6.3.0, 6.4.0

References

http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2017/Sep/36
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100846
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039370
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2017/Sep/36
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100846
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039370

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