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HistoryJul 31, 2014 - 12:00 a.m.

Default Password (default) for 'root' Account

2014-07-3100:00:00
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The account ‘root’ on the remote host has the password ‘default’.

An attacker may leverage this issue to gain administrative access to the affected system.

Note that F5 Networks is known to use these credentials to provide complete administrative access to its appliances.

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

account = "root";
password = "default";

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

if (description)
{
  script_id(76941);
  script_version("1.9");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2022/04/11");

  script_cve_id("CVE-1999-0502");

  script_name(english:"Default Password (default) for 'root' 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 'root' on the remote host has the password 'default'.

An attacker may leverage this issue to gain administrative access to
the affected system.

Note that F5 Networks is known to use these credentials to provide
complete administrative access to its appliances.");
  # http://support.f5.com/kb/en-us/solutions/public/13000/100/sol13148.html
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?ec6a297f");
  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:"2014/07/31");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"remote");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/h:f5:big-ip");
  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", "telnetserver_detect_type_nd_version.nasl");
  script_exclude_keys("global_settings/supplied_logins_only");
  script_require_ports("Services/telnet", 23, "Services/ssh", 22);

  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, 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, 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");
VendorProductVersion
f5big-ip