30913 : Cisco 2700 Wireless Location Appliance Default root Account Password
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Timeline

Disclosure Date
2006-10-12

Description

By default, Wireless Location Appliance installs with a default password. The 'root' account has a password of 'password' which is publicly known and documented. This allows attackers to trivially access the program or system.

Classification

Location: Remote / Network Access, Wireless Vector
Attack Type: Authentication Management
Impact: Loss of Integrity
Exploit: Exploit Public

Solution

Currently, there are no known upgrades or patches to correct this issue. It is possible to correct the flaw by implementing the following workaround(s):

Change the password for the root account.

Products

Cisco Systems, Inc.

2700 Series Wireless Location Appliance

2.1.33.0

References

Security Tracker: 1017056
CVE ID: 2006-5288 (see also: NVD)
Bugtraq ID: 20490
ISS X-Force ID: 29497
Keyword: CSCsb92893
Mail List Post: http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2006-10/0180.html
Vendor URL: http://www.cisco.com
Vendor Specific Advisory URL: http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/707/cisco-sa-20061012-wla.shtml

Tools & Filters

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Credit

Unknown or Incomplete

CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 10.0
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2006-10-16 | Disagree?

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