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Green Packet DX-350 contains insecure default credentials

Vulnerability Note VU#970379

Original Release Date: 2016-10-20 | Last Revised: 2016-10-20

Overview

Green Packet DX-350 uses default credentials

Description

CWE-255: Credentials Management - CVE-2016-6552

Green Packet DX-350 uses non-random default credentials of: root:wimax. A remote network attacker can gain privileged access to a vulnerable device.

Impact

A remote attacker can take complete control of a device using default admin credentials.

Solution

The CERT/CC is currently unaware of a practical solution to this problem.

Restrict access and use strong passwords

As a general good security practice, only allow trusted hosts to connect to the device. Use of strong, unique passwords can help reduce the efficacy of brute force password guessing attacks.

Vendor Information

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Green Packet Unknown

Updated:  October 11, 2016

Status

Unknown

Vendor Statement

We have not received a statement from the vendor.

Vendor Information

We are not aware of further vendor information regarding this vulnerability.


CVSS Metrics

Group Score Vector
Base 6.9 AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Temporal 6.2 E:F/RL:W/RC:ND
Environmental 4.7 CDP:N/TD:M/CR:ND/IR:ND/AR:ND

References

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Ory Segal and Ezra Caltum for reporting this vulnerability.

This document was written by Trent Novelly.

Other Information

CVE IDs: CVE-2016-6552
Date Public: 2016-10-20
Date First Published: 2016-10-20
Date Last Updated: 2016-10-20 18:15 UTC
Document Revision: 15

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