Samsung SmartEther SS6215S Switch Error Message privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability labeled as problematic has been found in Samsung SmartEther SS6215S Switch. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component Error Message Handler. Such manipulation leads to privileges management. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2004-1970. There is no exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Samsung SmartEther SS6215S Switch (the affected version unknown) and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is an unknown part of the component Error Message Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-269. The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Samsung SmartEther SS6215S switch, and possibly other Samsung switches, allows remote attackers and local users to gain administrative access by providing the admin username followed by a password that is the maximum allowed length, then pressing the enter key after the resulting error message.

The weakness was shared 04/26/2004 (Website). The advisory is available at marc.theaimsgroup.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2004-1970 since 05/04/2005. The exploitation is known to be easy. Local access is required to approach this attack. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1068 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

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 (15973) and SecurityFocus (BID 10219†). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

Productinfo

Vendor

Samsung

Name

SmartEther SS6215S Switch

License

commercial

Website

Vendor: https://www.samsung.com/

CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.9
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.9

VulDB Base Score: 5.9
VulDB Temp Score: 5.9
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Privileges management
CWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

04/26/2004 🔍
04/26/2004 +0 days 🔍
04/26/2004 +0 days 🔍
05/04/2005 +373 days 🔍
10/16/2014 +3452 days 🔍
07/06/2017 +994 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: samsung.com

Advisory: marc.theaimsgroup.com
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2004-1970 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2004-1970
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-21794
X-Force: 15973 - Samsung SmartEther allows administrative access
SecurityFocus: 10219 - Samsung SmartEther Switch Firmware Authentication Bypass Vulnerability

Entryinfo

Created: 10/16/2014 11:34
Updated: 07/06/2017 08:06
Changes: 10/16/2014 11:34 (46), 07/06/2017 08:06 (6)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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