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CVE-2020-5351

HIGH
7.5
CVSS Score
Published: July 28, 2021 at 12:05 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 03:21 AM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsEMC Data Protection AdvisorData Protection Advisor

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Severity
HIGH7.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 1%

Description

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 system and gain read-only privileges.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

EMC Data Protection Advisor· Dell
95%
18.16.46.5
Data Protection Advisor· EMC
70%
v < 6.4, 6.5, 18.118.16.46.5
Affected range stops below 6.4, 6.5, 18.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

Patch and advisory references

References (1)

x_refsource_MISCVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://www.dell.com/support/security/en-us/details/542649/DSA-2020-080-Dell-EMC-Data-Protection-Advisor-Hard-Coded-Credential-Vulnerability

CVSS

7.5HIGHdell
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
NONE
Availability
NONE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-259NVD-CWE-Other

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