Mosix Project Clump OS 5.4 VNC Service hard-coded credentials

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Mosix Project Clump OS 5.4 and classified as critical. The impacted element is an unknown function of the component VNC Service. Such manipulation leads to hard-coded credentials. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2002-2088. No exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as very critical, has been found in Mosix Project Clump OS 5.4 (Project Management Software). Affected by this issue is an unknown code of the component VNC Service. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a hard-coded credentials vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to 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. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

The MOSIX Project clump/os 5.4 creates a default VNC account without a password, which allows remote attackers to gain root access.

The weakness was published 12/31/2002 (Website). The advisory is available at archives.neohapsis.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2002-2088 since 08/05/2005. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 07/08/2024). This vulnerability is assigned to T1110.001 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 38161 (Null Authentication VNC Server Access).

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 (8928) and SecurityFocus (BID 4581†). Similar entry is available at VDB-19721. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 9.8
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 9.8

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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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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

04/23/2002 🔍
12/31/2002 +252 days 🔍
12/31/2002 +0 days 🔍
08/05/2005 +948 days 🔍
08/06/2014 +3288 days 🔍
07/08/2024 +3624 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: archives.neohapsis.com
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2002-2088 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2002-2088
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-19730
X-Force: 8928
SecurityFocus: 4581 - Mosix ClumpOS Blank Default VNC Password Vulnerability

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Entryinfo

Created: 08/06/2014 10:15
Updated: 07/08/2024 16:49
Changes: 08/06/2014 10:15 (50), 04/20/2019 00:41 (4), 07/08/2024 16:49 (17)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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