HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2013-4783

Idrac6 Bmc vulnerability

CVSS
10.0
EPSS
3.4%
EPSS pct
88th
Exploited
No known
The Dell iDRAC6 with firmware 1.x before 1.92 and 2.x and 3.x before 3.42, and iDRAC7 with firmware before 1.23.23, allows remote attackers to bypass authentication and execute arbitrary IPMI commands by using cipher suite 0 (aka cipher zero) and an arbitrary password. NOTE: the vendor disputes the significance of this issue, stating "DRAC's are intended to be on a separate management network; they are not designed nor intended to be placed on or connected to the Internet."
Affected vendor
Dell
Affected product
Idrac6 Bmc
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-287 — Improper Authentication
Published
2013-07-08

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to complete impact to confidentiality, complete impact to integrity, complete impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 3.4% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 88% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2013-4783

  • Confirm whether Dell Idrac6 Bmc is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2013-4783.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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