CVE-2018-15768
Insecure MySQL Configuration Vulnerability
Dell OpenManage Network Manager versions prior to 6.5.0 enabled read/write access to the file system for MySQL users due to insecure default configuration setting for the embedded MySQL database.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
Dell OpenManage Network Manager versions prior to 6.5.0 enabled read/write access to the file system for MySQL users due to insecure default configuration setting for the embedded MySQL database.
- Record
CVE-2018-15768- CVSS 3.0
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 4.0 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-732
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Insecure MySQL Configuration Vulnerability
Dell OpenManage Network Manager versions prior to 6.5.0 enabled read/write access to the file system for MySQL users due to insecure default configuration setting for the embedded MySQL database.
- Record
CVE-2018-15768- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2018-7631 No score
Dell OpenManage Network Manager versions prior to 6.5.0 enabled read/write access to the file system for MySQL users due to insecure default configuration setting for the embedded MySQL database.
- Record
EUVD-2018-7631- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-grg9-5jg7-hgw6
Dell OpenManage Network Manager versions prior to 6.5.0 enabled read/write access to the file...
Dell OpenManage Network Manager versions prior to 6.5.0 enabled read/write access to the file system for MySQL users due to insecure default configuration setting for the embedded MySQL database.
- Record
GHSA-grg9-5jg7-hgw6- CVSS 3.0
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-732
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Public exploits
Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.
| Source | Link | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Exploit-DB | Dell OpenManage Network Manager 6.2.0.51 SP3 - Multiple Vulnerabilities | 2018-11-14 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, Exploit-DB, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2018-15768 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.5) in Dell Openmanage Network Manager, published November 30, 2018. Public exploit code exists. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 9.05%, the 95th percentile. No source names a fixed version.