CVE-2018-1216: Dell Emc Solutions Enabler Virtual Appliance

Critical severity, CVSS 9.8. EPSS: 21.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Affected products

• Dell Emc Solutions Enabler Virtual Appliance: before 8.4.0.21 (fixed in 8.4.0.21)
• Dell Emc Unisphere For Vmax Virtual Appliance: before 8.4.0.18 (fixed in 8.4.0.18)
• Dell Emc Vasa Virtual Appliance: before 8.4.0.514 (fixed in 8.4.0.514)
• Dell Emc Vmax Embedded Management: up to and including 1.4

Published 2018-03-08. Last modified 2026-06-17.