CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
EPSS
Percentile
87.3%
The account ‘root’ has the password ‘dottie’. An attacker may use this to gain further privileges on this system
#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 70300
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
account = "root";
password = "dottie";
include('deprecated_nasl_level.inc');
include('compat.inc');
if (description)
{
script_id(31800);
script_version("1.23");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2022/04/11");
script_cve_id("CVE-1999-0502", "CVE-2006-5288");
script_bugtraq_id(20490);
script_name(english:"Default Password (dottie) for 'root' Account");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"An administrative account on the remote host uses known default
password.");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The account 'root' has the password 'dottie'. An attacker may use
this to gain further privileges on this system");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Set a strong password for this account or disable it.");
script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:POC/RL:TF/RC:C");
script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:T/RC:C");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No exploit is required");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"metasploit_name", value:'SSH User Code Execution');
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_framework_metasploit", value:"true");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2006/10/13");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2008/04/11");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"remote");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"default_account", value:"true");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"thorough_tests", value:"true");
script_end_attributes();
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_family(english:"Default Unix Accounts");
script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2008-2022 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
script_dependencies("find_service1.nasl", "ssh_detect.nasl", "account_check.nasl");
script_exclude_keys("global_settings/supplied_logins_only");
script_require_ports("Services/telnet", 23, "Services/ssh", 22);
exit(0);
}
#
# The script code starts here :
#
include("audit.inc");
include("default_account.inc");
include("global_settings.inc");
if (supplied_logins_only) audit(AUDIT_SUPPLIED_LOGINS_ONLY);
if (! thorough_tests && ! get_kb_item("Settings/test_all_accounts"))
exit(0, "Neither thorough_tests nor 'Settings/test_all_accounts' is set.");
affected = FALSE;
ssh_ports = get_service_port_list(svc: "ssh", default:22);
foreach port (ssh_ports)
{
port = check_account(login:account, password:password, port:port, svc:"ssh");
if (port)
{
affected = TRUE;
security_report_v4(port:port, severity:SECURITY_HOLE, extra:default_account_report());
}
}
if(affected) exit(0);
telnet_ports = get_service_port_list(svc: "telnet", default:23);
foreach port (telnet_ports)
{
port = check_account(login:account, password:password, port:port, svc:"telnet");
if (port)
{
affected = TRUE;
security_report_v4(port:port, severity:SECURITY_HOLE, extra:default_account_report());
}
}
if(!affected) audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, "affected");