Hardcoded Database Account with Administrative Privileges in Dell EMC Data Protection Advisor

CVE-2018-1206 · HIGH Severity

AV:L/AC:L/AU:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Dell EMC Data Protection Advisor versions prior to 6.3 Patch 159 and Dell EMC Data Protection Advisor versions prior to 6.4 Patch 110 contain a hardcoded database account with administrative privileges. The affected account is "apollosuperuser." An attacker with local access to the server where DPA Datastore Service is installed and knowledge of the password may potentially gain unauthorized access to the database. Note: The Datastore Service database cannot be accessed remotely using this account.

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