Compaq Insight Management Agent 4.23 Patrol User improper authentication
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A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Compaq Insight Management Agent 4.23. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown processing of the component Patrol. The manipulation of the argument User
with the input value PFCUser
leads to a improper authentication vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-287. When an actor claims to have a given identity, the product does not prove or insufficiently proves that the claim is correct. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:
BMC Patrol component, when installed with Compaq Insight Management Agent 4.23 and earlier, or Management Agents for Servers 4.40 and earlier, creates a PFCUser account with a default password and potentially dangerous privileges.
The weakness was published 12/31/1999 as not defined posting (NTBugtraq). It is possible to read the advisory at marc.theaimsgroup.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-1999-1355. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit.
Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.
The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at X-Force (3231).
Product
Vendor
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License
CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.3VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.0
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Exploiting
Class: Improper authenticationCWE: CWE-287
ATT&CK: Unknown
Local: No
Remote: Yes
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Status: Not defined
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Countermeasures
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Timeline
12/31/1999 🔍12/31/1999 🔍
06/23/2014 🔍
04/05/2019 🔍
Sources
Advisory: marc.theaimsgroup.comStatus: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-1999-1355 (🔍)
X-Force: 3231 - Compaq Insight Management Agent creates an insecure account with administrator privileges
Entry
Created: 06/23/2014 12:55Updated: 04/05/2019 11:35
Changes: 06/23/2014 12:55 (42), 04/05/2019 11:35 (11)
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