# CVE-2018-1241: Information disclosure in Dell EMC RecoverPoint

> An authenticated attacker with log access can retrieve plain-text LDAP passwords from Dell EMC RecoverPoint logs, enabling further unauthorized access.

- **Severity:** High 8.8 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 29 May 2018
- **Updated:** 17 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-vghc-rrcw-jw94

## What is CVE-2018-1241?

CVE-2018-1241 is a high-severity vulnerability in Dell EMC RecoverPoint, published on 29 May 2018. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Dell EMC RecoverPoint versions prior to 5.1.2 and RecoverPoint for VMs versions prior to 5.1.1.3, under certain conditions, may leak LDAP password in plain-text into the RecoverPoint log file. An authenticated malicious user with access to the RecoverPoint log files may obtain the exposed LDAP password to use it in further attacks.

Weakness: CWE-532 (Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-1241?

It affects 2 products.


Products: Emc Recoverpoint, Emc Recoverpoint for Virtual Machines.

## How do I fix CVE-2018-1241?

No fix has been published for CVE-2018-1241 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2018-1241 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-1241 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Dell EMC RecoverPoint

- [CVE-2018-1235](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-1235/): Command injection in Dell EMC RecoverPoint (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2018-1242](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-1242/): Command injection in Dell EMC RecoverPoint (medium 6.5)
- [CVE-2018-15771](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-15771/): Dell EMC RecoverPoint Information Disclosure Vulnerability (medium 5.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2018-1241 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2018-1241 is a high-severity vulnerability in Dell EMC RecoverPoint, published on 29 May 2018. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-1241 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Dell EMC RecoverPoint. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-1241/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-1241/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-1241
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-1241
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-1241

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