Dell EMC VPlex GeoSynchrony, versions prior to 6.1, contains an Insecure File Permissions vulnerability.

published 2018-09-11 8y ago modified 2026-06-17 4mo ago also EUVD-2018-3122

cvss: 4.0; version 3.0, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.8%; EPSS 0.8% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 55%
public exploits: 0; none known

Dell EMC VPlex GeoSynchrony, versions prior to 6.1, contains an Insecure File Permissions vulnerability. A remote authenticated malicious user could read from VPN configuration files on and potentially author a MITM attack on the VPN traffic.

Patch / fix

fixed in 1

DELL EMC VPlex Software: GeoSynchrony 6.1

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Exploit prediction

0.76% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 55% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.0	4.0	CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
NVD	3.0	7.5	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	2.0	6.0	AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected products

DELL EMC VPlex Software: GeoSynchrony

Classification

Weakness

CWE-732 Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource

References

securitytracker.com /id/1041613
vdb-entry, third-party-advisory
seclists.org /fulldisclosure/2018/Sep/10
mailing-list, third-party-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2018-11078
NVD CVE-2018-11078

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