EMC DiskXtender Hard Coded Authentication Credentials Vulnerability

BID:28727

Info

EMC DiskXtender Hard Coded Authentication Credentials Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 28727
Class: Design Error
CVE: CVE-2008-0961
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Apr 10 2008 12:00AM
Updated: Apr 16 2008 12:29AM
Credit: Stephen Fewer of Harmony Security
Vulnerable: EMC DiskXtender 6.20.60
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

EMC DiskXtender Hard Coded Authentication Credentials Vulnerability

DiskXtender is prone to a security vulnerability because its authentication routines contain hard-coded authentication credentials.

Attackers can leverage this issue to gain unauthorized access and compromise the affected DiskXtender servers.

DiskXtender 6.20.060 for Windows is vulnerable; other versions may also be affected.

Exploit / POC

EMC DiskXtender Hard Coded Authentication Credentials Vulnerability

Attackers can exploit this issue by learning the hard-coded credentials and connecting to an affected server via the RPC interface.

Solution / Fix

EMC DiskXtender Hard Coded Authentication Credentials Vulnerability

Solution:
The vendor released updates to address this issue. Please contact the vendor for information on how to obtain and apply the fixes.

References

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