High severity8.4NVD Advisory· Published Dec 28, 2015· Updated May 6, 2026

CVE-2015-6850

Description

EMC VPLEX GeoSynchrony 5.4 SP1 before P3 and 5.5 before Patch 1 has a default password for the root account, which allows local users to gain privileges by leveraging a login session.

Affected products

EMC Corporation/Vplex Geosynchrony2 versions
cpe:2.3:a:emc:vplex_geosynchrony:5.4:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:emc:vplex_geosynchrony:5.4:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:emc:vplex_geosynchrony:5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Patches

No patches discovered yet.

Vulnerability mechanics

AI mechanics synthesis has not run for this CVE yet.

References

packetstormsecurity.com/files/135041/EMC-VPLEX-Undocumented-Account.htmlnvd
seclists.org/bugtraq/2015/Dec/129nvd
www.securityfocus.com/bid/79664nvd
www.securitytracker.com/id/1034526nvd

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