EMC VPLEX before VPLEX GeoSynchrony 5.2 SP1 uses cleartext for storage of the LDAP/AD bind password, which allows local users to obtain sen…

published 2013-10-01 13y ago modified 2026-06-16 4mo ago also EUVD-2013-3215

cvss: 4.9; version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.3%; EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 27%
public exploits: 0; none known

EMC VPLEX before VPLEX GeoSynchrony 5.2 SP1 uses cleartext for storage of the LDAP/AD bind password, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information by reading the management-server configuration file.

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Exploit prediction

0.34% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 27% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	2.0	4.9	AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N

Classification

Weakness

CWE-255 Credentials Management Errors

References

archives.neohapsis.com /archives/bugtraq/2013-09/0135.html
mailing-list

Sources

CVE List CVE-2013-3278
NVD CVE-2013-3278

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