Nortel CVX 1800 Multi-Service Access Switch 3.6.3 SNMP Account hard-coded credentials

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Nortel CVX 1800 Multi-Service Access Switch 3.6.3. It has been declared as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component SNMP Account. The manipulation results in hard-coded credentials. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2002-0540. Furthermore, an exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Nortel CVX 1800 Multi-Service Access Switch 3.6.3. Affected is some unknown processing of the component SNMP Account. 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. CVE summarizes:

Nortel CVX 1800 is installed with a default "public" community string, which allows remote attackers to read usernames and passwords and modify the CVX configuration.

The weakness was published 07/03/2002 by Shadow as confirmed advisory (CERT.org). The advisory is shared for download at kb.cert.org. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2002-0540. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1110.001.

The exploit is shared for download at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (8848), Exploit-DB (21378), SecurityFocus (BID 4507†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-4200†). VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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Class: Hard-coded credentials
CWE: CWE-798 / CWE-259 / CWE-255
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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Timelineinfo

04/13/2002 🔍
04/15/2002 +2 days 🔍
07/03/2002 +79 days 🔍
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04/26/2004 +663 days 🔍
07/11/2014 +3728 days 🔍
10/03/2024 +3736 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: nortel-canada.com

Advisory: kb.cert.org
Researcher: Shadow
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2002-0540 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2002-0540
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-18360
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X-Force: 8848
SecurityFocus: 4507 - Nortel CVX 1800 Multi-Service Access Switch Default SNMP Community Vulnerability
Vulnerability Center: 4200 - Nortel CVX 1800 Sensitive Information Leakage, Medium

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

Entryinfo

Created: 07/11/2014 14:19
Updated: 10/03/2024 01:47
Changes: 07/11/2014 14:19 (55), 05/21/2019 10:21 (3), 06/21/2024 08:21 (17), 10/03/2024 01:47 (12)
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