CVE-2018-1216
No exploitation reported by the sources we read.
- Published2018-03-08
- Fixed in8.4.0.21
- WeaknessCWE-798
Am I affected?
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Description
A hard-coded password vulnerability was discovered in vApp Manager which is embedded in Dell EMC Unisphere for VMAX, Dell EMC Solutions Enabler, Dell EMC VASA Virtual Appliances, and Dell EMC VMAX Embedded Management (eManagement): Dell EMC Unisphere for VMAX Virtual Appliance versions prior to 8.4.0.18, Dell EMC Solutions Enabler Virtual Appliance versions prior to 8.4.0.21, Dell EMC VASA Virtual Appliance versions prior to 8.4.0.514, and Dell EMC VMAX Embedded Management (eManagement) versions prior to and including 1.4 (Enginuity Release 5977.1125.1125 and earlier). They contain an undocumented default account (smc) with a hard-coded password that may be used with certain web servlets. A remote attacker with the knowledge of the hard-coded password and the message format may use vulnerable servlets to gain unauthorized access to the system. Note: This account cannot be used to log in via the web user interface.
Timeline
dates in UTC- 2018-03-0815:29CVE publishedNVD
- 2026-10-2319:23EPSS crossed 10 %FIRST EPSS
Observed activity
isMalicious corpus · updated 2026-10-23 18:48 UTCBlock these indicators
- Firewall list (EDL, text): https://api.ismalicious.com/edl/cve/CVE-2018-1216?format=txt
- CSV export: https://api.ismalicious.com/edl/cve/CVE-2018-1216?format=csv
- TAXII collection of exploited CVEs
- The EDL and CSV take an API key on the Pro plan.
Versions per branch
NVD| Branch | Affected | Fixed in | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.4 | < 8.4.0.21 | 8.4.0.21 | NVD |
| Branch | Affected | Fixed in | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.4 | < 8.4.0.18 | 8.4.0.18 | NVD |
| Branch | Affected | Fixed in | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.4 | < 8.4.0.514 | 8.4.0.514 | NVD |
1 more product in the sources.
as publishedRanges as NVD and OSV publish them; a distribution’s build can be fixed under an older number.
Fix
- Update Dell emc solutions enabler virtual appliance to 8.4.0.21
Detection
- Nuclei template
- none so far ProjectDiscovery
- Exploit-DB
- no entry Exploit-DB
- Proof-of-concept repositories
- none listed PoC-in-GitHub
Sources
- NVDCVSS 3.09.8read 2026-10-23
- NVDCVSS 2.010read 2026-10-23
- NVDweakness (CWE)CWE-798read 2026-10-23
- FIRST EPSSEPSS score21.3 %read 2026-10-23
Technical details
- CVSS v3 Vector
- CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Published
- 2018-03-08
- Last Modified
- 2026-06-17
- NVD status
- Modified
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