VDB-16227 · CVE-2000-1242 · OSVDB 30768

APC PowerChute HTTP Service hard-coded credentials

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in APC PowerChute. This affects an unknown part of the component HTTP Service. Performing a manipulation results in hard-coded credentials. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2000-1242. Moreover, an exploit is present. It is recommended to add additional authentication.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in APC PowerChute (affected version unknown). This affects an unknown functionality of the component HTTP Service. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a hard-coded credentials vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-798. The product contains hard-coded credentials, such as a password or cryptographic key, which it uses for its own inbound authentication, outbound communication to external components, or encryption of internal data. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

The HTTP service in American Power Conversion (APC) PowerChute uses a default username and password, which allows remote attackers to gain system access.

The weakness was disclosed 09/15/2000 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at osvdb.org. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2000-1242 since 12/09/2006. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. The successful exploitation needs a authentication. Technical details are unknown but an exploit is available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1110.001 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

After even before and not, there has been an exploit disclosed. It is declared as proof-of-concept.

It is possible to mitigate the problem by adding an authentication mechanism.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at OSVDB (30768†). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Hard-coded credentials
CWE: CWE-798 / CWE-259 / CWE-255
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Authentication
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Timelineinfo

09/15/2000 🔍
09/15/2000 +0 days 🔍
12/31/2000 +106 days 🔍
11/29/2006 +2159 days 🔍
12/09/2006 +9 days 🔍
07/02/2014 +2762 days 🔍
04/06/2019 +1739 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: osvdb.org⛔
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2000-1242 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2000-1242
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-16227
OSVDB: 30768 - APC PowerChute HTTP Server Default Account

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013

Entryinfo

Created: 07/02/2014 11:59
Updated: 04/06/2019 16:11
Changes: 07/02/2014 11:59 (51), 04/06/2019 16:11 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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