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Default Password (password) for 'cmc' Account

2014-11-0700:00:00
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The account ‘cmc’ on the remote host has the default password ‘password’. An attacker can leverage this issue to gain administrative access to the affected system.

Note that SolarWinds Log and Event Manager is known to use these credentials to provide complete, administrative access to the virtual appliance.

#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 70300
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#

account = "cmc";
password = "password";

include('deprecated_nasl_level.inc');
include('compat.inc');

if (description)
{
  script_id(78914);
  script_version("1.8");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2022/04/11");

  script_cve_id("CVE-1999-0502");

  script_name(english:"Default Password (password) for 'cmc' Account");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote system can be accessed with a default account.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The account 'cmc' on the remote host has the default password
'password'. An attacker can leverage this issue to gain administrative
access to the affected system.

Note that SolarWinds Log and Event Manager is known to use these
credentials to provide complete, administrative access to the virtual
appliance.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Set a strong password for this account or use ACLs to restrict access
to the host.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:H/RL:ND/RC:ND");
  script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
  script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:H/RL:X/RC:X");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-1999-0502");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"Exploits are available");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"true");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"metasploit_name", value:'SSH User Code Execution');
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_framework_metasploit", value:"true");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2014/11/07");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"remote");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"default_account", value:"true");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"thorough_tests", value:"true");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_family(english:"Default Unix Accounts");

  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2014-2022 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");

  script_dependencies("ssh_detect.nasl", "account_check.nasl");
  script_exclude_keys("global_settings/supplied_logins_only");
  script_require_ports("Services/ssh", 32022);

  exit(0);
}

include("audit.inc");
include("default_account.inc");
include("global_settings.inc");

if (supplied_logins_only) audit(AUDIT_SUPPLIED_LOGINS_ONLY);

if (! thorough_tests && ! get_kb_item("Settings/test_all_accounts"))
 exit(0, "Neither thorough_tests nor 'Settings/test_all_accounts' is set.");

affected = FALSE;
ssh_ports = get_service_port_list(svc: "ssh", default:22);
foreach port (ssh_ports)
{
  port = check_account(login:account, password:password, unix:FALSE, port:port, svc:"ssh");
  if (port)
  {
    affected = TRUE;
    security_report_v4(port:port, severity:SECURITY_HOLE, extra:default_account_report());
  }
}
if(affected) exit(0);

telnet_ports = get_service_port_list(svc: "telnet", default:23);
foreach port (telnet_ports)
{
  port = check_account(login:account, password:password, unix:FALSE, port:port, svc:"telnet");
  if (port)
  {
    affected = TRUE;
    security_report_v4(port:port, severity:SECURITY_HOLE, extra:default_account_report());
  }
}
if(!affected) audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, "affected");