CVE-2020-5351
Published: 28 July 2021
Summary
CVE-2020-5351 is a high-severity Use of Hard-coded Password (CWE-259) vulnerability in Dell Emc Data Protection Advisor. Its CVSS base score is 7.5 (High).
Operationally, ranked in the top 47.6% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2020-26533
Vulnerability details
Dell EMC Data Protection Advisor versions 6.4, 6.5 and 18.1 contain an undocumented account with limited privileges that is protected with a hard-coded password. A remote unauthenticated malicious user with the knowledge of the hard-coded password may login to the…
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system and gain read-only privileges.
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.
Affected Assets
Mitigating Controls
Likely Mitigating Controls AI
Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.
Changing default authenticators prior to first use directly prevents use of hard-coded passwords.
Shared threat data frequently highlights products or deployments still using hard-coded passwords, enabling remediation that directly blocks credential-based attacks.
Background checks and authorization requirements decrease the probability that a developer will hard-code passwords for later unauthorized access.
Reviews of supplier deliverables reduce the chance that hard-coded passwords are introduced into the system.