Airspan Base Station Distribution Unit credentials management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as problematic has been reported in Airspan Base Station Distribution Unit. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality. Performing a manipulation results in credentials management. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2008-1542. No exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Airspan Base Station Distribution Unit (the affected version is unknown). This affects an unknown code. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a credentials management vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-255. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Airspan Base Station Distribution Unit (BSDU) has "topsecret" as its password for the root account, which allows remote attackers to obtain administrative access via a telnet login, a different vulnerability than CVE-2008-1262.

The weakness was published 03/28/2008 as confirmed advisory (CERT.org). The advisory is shared at kb.cert.org. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2008-1542 since 03/28/2008. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1552 for this issue.

It is declared as highly functional.

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 vulnerability database at X-Force (41437). Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.3

VulDB Base Score: 7.3
VulDB Temp Score: 7.3
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Credentials management
CWE: CWE-255
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Highly functional

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

03/28/2008 🔍
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03/16/2015 +2544 days 🔍
04/23/2025 +3691 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: kb.cert.org
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2008-1542 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2008-1542
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-41745
CERT: 🔍
X-Force: 41437 - WiMAX MicroMAX default password

Entryinfo

Created: 03/16/2015 17:00
Updated: 04/23/2025 11:58
Changes: 03/16/2015 17:00 (46), 11/14/2017 13:54 (2), 11/28/2024 20:25 (17), 04/23/2025 11:58 (2)
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Cache ID: 216::103

Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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