7.5

CVE-2018-15766: dell encryption Weak Password Requirements

CVSS: 7.5v3.0HighModified
Published 11-10-2018Last modified 16-09-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2018-15766 is a high (CVSS 7.5) Weak Password Requirements vulnerability in dell encryption. EPSS estimates a 0.55% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 45.4% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
30/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.5/10
010
High · v3.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.55%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 11-10-2018
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 16-09-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

On install, Dell Encryption versions prior 10.0.1 and Dell Endpoint Security Suite Enterprise versions prior 2.0.1 will overwrite and manually set the "Minimum Password Length" group policy object to a value of 1 on that device. This allows for users to bypass any existing policy for password length and potentially create insecure password on their device. This value is defined during the installation of the "Encryption Management Agent" or "EMAgent" application. There are no other known values modified.

CVSS metrics

2 scores · 1 source · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

0.55%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

45%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.55% on 21-09-2026

21-09-202621-10-2026
EPSS score
0.55%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Dell2 products

1 vendor · 2 products

References

1 links