SNMP Server Authentication Community Name improper authentication
CVSS Meta Temp Score | Current Exploit Price (≈) | CTI Interest Score |
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A vulnerability was found in SNMP Server (unknown version). It has been rated as critical. This issue affects an unknown code block of the component Authentication. The manipulation as part of a Community Name leads to a improper authentication vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-287. When an actor claims to have a given identity, the product does not prove or insufficiently proves that the claim is correct. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:
An SNMP community name is guessable.
The weakness was released 08/01/1998. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-1999-0516. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 06/23/2021). Due to its background and reception, this vulnerability has a historic impact.
The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 10264 (SNMP Agent Default Community Names), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family SNMP and running in the context r. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 78030 (Readable SNMP Information).
It is possible to mitigate the problem by applying the configuration setting .Addressing this vulnerability is possible by firewalling udp/161 (snmp). The best possible mitigation is suggested to be the change of configuration settings.
The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (134) and Tenable (10264). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at 4154, 13822, 14216 and 14230.
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CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.3VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.1
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Class: Improper authenticationCWE: CWE-287
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Remote: Yes
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Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Nessus ID: 10264
Nessus Name: SNMP Agent Default Community Names
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OpenVAS ID: 10264
OpenVAS Name: name - dot # Use short name
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Timeline
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Sources
Status: Not definedCVE: CVE-1999-0516 (🔍)
X-Force: 134
Vulnerability Center: 694 - SNMP Guessable Community Name, Low
SecurityFocus: 3797
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Entry
Created: 06/19/2014 17:06Updated: 06/23/2021 08:08
Changes: 06/19/2014 17:06 (67), 05/08/2019 09:50 (3), 06/23/2021 08:08 (3)
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