NASLDB: Default Password (admin) for 'root' Account
General
ID: 40355
Name: Default Password (admin) for ‘root’ Account
Summary: Tries to log into the remote host
Credits: Tenable Network Security, Inc.
Classification
Risk: –
CVSS: –
CVSS Base Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
CVSS Temporal Vector: –
Port: 23
Family: Default Unix Accounts
Type: Remote
Description
The account ‘root’ on the remote host has the password ‘admin’.
An attacker may leverage this issue to gain access, likely as an
administrator, to the affected system.
Note that DD-WRT, an open source Linux-based firmware popular on
small routers and embedded systems, is known to use these
credentials by default.
Exploiting
Exploit Available: True
Exploitability Ease: Exploits are available
Sources
CVE: CVE-1999-0502
OSVDB: –
Bugtraq: –
scipID: –
Timeline
Vulnerability Disclosure: –
Patch Release: –
Plugin Release: 2009/07/23
Plugin
Version: 1.9
Filename: account_root_admin.nasl
Filesize: 2296 bytes
MD5 Hash: b0b3f9937a12bd377a8a954d234bfef3
Identification: Settings/test_all_accounts
Require Keys: –
Dependencies: "find_service1.nasl", "ssh_detect.nasl", "account_check.nasl"
Copyright: This script is Copyright© 2009-2012 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
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