Is CVE-2018-15766 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2018-15766 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2018-15766?

CVE-2018-15766 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.5 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2018-15766?

CVE-2018-15766 has an EPSS score of 0.55% (42th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2018-15766?

Upgrade encryption to 10.0.1 or later. Fixes are available for 2 affected products.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2018-15766

HIGH

7.5

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

On install, Dell Encryption versions prior 10.0.1 and Dell Endpoint Security Suite Enterprise versions prior 2.0.1 will overwrite and manually set the "Minimum Password Length" group policy object to a value of 1 on that device. This allows for users to bypass any existing policy for password length and potentially create insecure password on their device. This value is defined during the installation of the "Encryption Management Agent" or "EMAgent" application. There are no other known values modified.

CWE-521

How to fix

Remediation Available

encryptionNVD

Affected:< 10.0.1Fixed in:10.0.1CVE-2018-15766derived from NVD

endpoint security suite enterpriseNVD

Affected:< 2.0.1Fixed in:2.0.1CVE-2018-15766derived from NVD

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityNone

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityNone

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Exploit Intelligence

0.55%probability of exploitation in 30 days

42ndpercentile

Moderate risk: more likely to be exploited than 42% of all known CVEs.

References

Vendor Advisory1

dell.com

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CVE-2019-17444	Critical	9.8	69%	-	Fix
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CVE-2017-3186	Critical	9.8	6.1%	-	-
CVE-2018-1000134	Critical	9.8	4.9%	-	-
CVE-2019-18988	High	7.0	4.7%	KEV	-
CVE-2017-6339	Medium	6.5	4.1%	-	-

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2024-11-21.