Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Jul 8, 2013· Updated Apr 29, 2026
CVE-2013-4783
CVE-2013-4783
Description
The Dell iDRAC6 with firmware 1.x before 1.92 and 2.x and 3.x before 3.42, and iDRAC7 with firmware before 1.23.23, allows remote attackers to bypass authentication and execute arbitrary IPMI commands by using cipher suite 0 (aka cipher zero) and an arbitrary password. NOTE: the vendor disputes the significance of this issue, stating "DRAC's are intended to be on a separate management network; they are not designed nor intended to be placed on or connected to the Internet."
Affected products
1- cpe:2.3:h:dell:idrac6_bmc:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
AI mechanics synthesis has not run for this CVE yet.
References
7- ftp.dell.com/Manuals/Common/integrated-dell-remote-access-cntrllr-6-for-monolithic-srvr-v1.95_FAQ2_en-us.pdfnvd
- en.community.dell.com/techcenter/systems-management/w/wiki/4929.how-to-check-if-ipmi-cipher-0-is-off.aspxnvd
- fish2.com/ipmi/cipherzero.htmlnvd
- osvdb.org/show/osvdb/93039nvd
- www.metasploit.com/modules/auxiliary/scanner/ipmi/ipmi_cipher_zeronvd
- www.wired.com/threatlevel/2013/07/ipmi/nvd
- lists.gnu.org/archive/html/freeipmi-devel/2013-02/msg00013.htmlnvd
News mentions
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