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Vigil@nce - Dell PowerConnect: privilege escalation via Plain Text Passwords
October 2019 by Vigil@nce
This bulletin was written by Vigil@nce : https://vigilance.fr/offer/Computer-vulnerability-database-and-alert
SYNTHESIS OF THE VULNERABILITY
– Impacted products: PowerConnect.
– Severity: 2/4.
– Consequences: administrator access/rights, privileged
access/rights, user access/rights.
– Provenance: user account.
– Confidence: confirmed by the editor (5/5).
– Creation date: 20/08/2019.
DESCRIPTION OF THE VULNERABILITY
An attacker can bypass restrictions via Plain Text Passwords of
Dell PowerConnect, in order to escalate his privileges.
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