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ESA-2017-098: EMC Data Protection Advisor Hardcoded Password Vulnerability 

EMC Identifier: ESA-2017-098
CVE Identifier: CVE-2017-8013
Severity Rating: CVSS v3 Base Score: 9.4 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:H)

Affected products:  
*       EMC Data Protection Advisor versions 6.3.x
*       EMC Data Protection Advisor versions 6.4.x  

Summary:  
EMC Data Protection Advisor contains undocumented accounts with hard-coded 
passwords that could potentially be exploited by malicious users to compromise 
the affected system. 

Details:  
EMC Data Protection Advisor contains undocumented accounts with hard-coded 
passwords and various privileges. Affected accounts are: "Apollo System Test", 
"emc.dpa.agent.logon" and "emc.dpa.metrics.logon". An attacker with knowledge 
of the password could potentially use these accounts via REST APIs to gain 
unauthorized access to EMC Data Protection Advisor (including potentially 
access with administrative privileges). 

Resolution:  
The following EMC Data Protection Advisor release contains resolutions to this 
vulnerability:
*       EMC Data Protection Advisor version 6.4 patch 130 
*       EMC Data Protection Advisor version 6.3 patch 67
 
"Apollo System Test" and "emc.dpa.metrics.logon" accounts are no longer 
required for product functionality and have been removed in versions listed 
above. 

The password for "emc.dpa.agent.logon" account can be now changed via the 
remediated patches listed above. See release notes for more information.  

EMC recommends all customers upgrade at the earliest opportunity. 


Link to remedies:
Registered EMC Online Support customers can download the required patch from 
support.emc.com at 
https://support.emc.com/downloads/829_Data-Protection-Advisor 
If you have any questions, contact DELL/EMC Support.

Credits:
EMC would like to thank rgod working with Trend Micro's Zero Day Initiative, 
for reporting this issue.
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