CVE-2018-11078
Dell EMC VPlex GeoSynchrony, versions prior to 6.1, contains an Insecure File Permissions...
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.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Adjacent network
- Complexity
- High
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
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.
- Record
CVE-2018-11078- CVSS 3.0
- 4.0 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2018-3122
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.
- Record
EUVD-2018-3122- CVSS 3.0
- 4.0 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-g5hc-g3vq-39wp
Dell EMC VPlex GeoSynchrony, versions prior to 6.1, contains an Insecure File Permissions...
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.
- Record
GHSA-g5hc-g3vq-39wp- CVSS 3.0
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-732
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
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.
- Record
CVE-2018-11078- CVSS 3.0
- 4.0 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - CVSS 3.0
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 6.0 Medium
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-732
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2018-11078 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 4.0) in Dell Emc Vplex Geosynchrony, published September 11, 2018. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.76%, the 55th percentile. No source names a fixed version.