CVE-2013-4782

Summary

CVECVE-2013-4782
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2013-07-08 22:55:01 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionThe Supermicro BMC implementation allows remote attackers to bypass authentication and execute arbitrary IPMI commands by using cipher suite 0 (aka cipher zero) and an arbitrary password.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 10 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Problem Types: CWE-287 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Hardware Supermicro Bmc All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
IPMI 2.0 Cipher Zero Authentication Bypass Scanner | Rapid7 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.metasploit.com
[Freeipmi-devel] The Infamous Cipher Zero, I presume? af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.gnu.org
Hacker Holes in Server Management System Allow 'Almost-Physical' Access | Threat Level | Wired.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.wired.com
osvdb.org/show/osvdb/93038 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 osvdb.org
The Infamous Cipher Zero af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 fish2.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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