CVE-2018-15765
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedDell EMC Secure Remote Services, versions prior to 3.32.00.08, contains an Information Exposure vulnerability. The log file contents store sensitive data including executed commands to generate authentication tokens which may prove useful to an attacker for crafting malicious authentication tokens for querying the application and subsequent attacks.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · moderate confidenceDell EMC Secure Remote Services versions prior to 3.32.00.08 have an information exposure vulnerability where log files store sensitive data including executed commands used to generate authentication tokens. An attacker who gains access to these logs could extract the token generation methodology and craft malicious authentication tokens to query the application.
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Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data< 3.32.00.08CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Identify the installed Dell EMC Secure Remote Services versionAccess the system management interface or use the product's version check command to retrieve the currently installed version numberAffected if The version is lower than 3.32.00.08 (for example, 3.30.00.00 or any 3.x version prior to 3.32.00.08)
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Locate log files generated by Dell EMC Secure Remote ServicesNavigate to the application's log directory (typically found in the installation folder or system log location) and list all log files presentAffected if Log files exist on the system and are accessible to the user account being used for detection
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Search log files for token generation commandsOpen the log files and search for strings related to authentication token generation, such as keywords like 'token', 'auth', 'command', 'generate', or 'execute' in combination with sensitive-looking parametersAffected if Log entries contain command strings or parameters used in the token generation process
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Examine logs for authentication credentials or secretsReview log file contents for patterns that resemble passwords, API keys, session identifiers, or cryptographic material that should not be loggedAffected if Sensitive authentication data or token-related commands appear in plain text within any log file
A system is affected if the installed Dell EMC Secure Remote Services version is below 3.32.00.08 AND log files are present and contain sensitive token generation commands or authentication credentials.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor data3.32.00.08
Upgrade to Dell EMC Secure Remote Services version 3.32.00.08 or later. Additionally, restrict access to log files and implement log sanitization to prevent sensitive data such as authentication credentials and token generation commands from being written to logs.
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