Dell EMC Data Protection Advisor versions prior to 6.3 Patch 159 and Dell EMC Data Protection Advisor versions prior to 6.4 Patch 110 contain a hardcoded database account with administrative privileges. The affected account is "apollosuperuser." An attacker with local access to the server where DPA Datastore Service is installed and knowledge of the password may potentially gain unauthorized access to the database. Note: The Datastore Service database cannot be accessed remotely using this account.
Use CWE-798, Emc vendor hub and Data Protection Advisor product page to widen CVE-2018-1206 into its surrounding weakness, vendor, and product context.
Compare it with CVE-2017-8013, CVE-2017-10955 and CVE-2017-8002 for nearby disclosures in the same product family.