Dell Storage Manager up to 16.3.19 SMI-S Service HTTP Requests hard-coded credentials

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Dell Storage Manager up to 16.3.19. The impacted element is an unknown function of the component SMI-S Service. The manipulation as part of HTTP Requests results in hard-coded credentials. This vulnerability was named CVE-2017-14374. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit. You should upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability was found in Dell Storage Manager up to 16.3.19. It has been classified as problematic. Affected is some unknown functionality of the component SMI-S Service. The manipulation as part of a HTTP Requests leads to a hard-coded credentials vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-798. The product contains hard-coded credentials, such as a password or cryptographic key, which it uses for its own inbound authentication, outbound communication to external components, or encryption of internal data. This is going to have an impact on availability. CVE summarizes:

The SMI-S service in Dell Storage Manager versions earlier than 16.3.20 (aka 2016 R3.20) is protected using a hard-coded password. A remote user with the knowledge of the password might potentially disable the SMI-S service via HTTP requests, affecting storage management and monitoring functionality via the SMI-S interface. This issue, aka DSM-30415, only affects a Windows installation of the Data Collector (not applicable to the virtual appliance).

The bug was discovered 09/12/2017. The weakness was presented 12/06/2017 (Website). The advisory is available at topics-cdn.dell.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2017-14374 since 09/12/2017. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. A authentication is required for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1110.001 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 84 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k.

Upgrading to version 16.3.20 eliminates this vulnerability.

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Vendor

• Dell

Name

• Storage Manager

Version

• 16.3.0
• 16.3.1
• 16.3.2
• 16.3.3
• 16.3.4
• 16.3.5
• 16.3.6
• 16.3.7
• 16.3.8
• 16.3.9
• 16.3.10
• 16.3.11
• 16.3.12
• 16.3.13
• 16.3.14
• 16.3.15
• 16.3.16
• 16.3.17
• 16.3.18
• 16.3.19

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• commercial

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• Vendor: https://www.dell.com/

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