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Cisco ATA-186 http password attack
Network devices
2003/11/14
Marc Ruef
marc dot ruef at computec dot ch
http://www.computec.ch
computec.ch
Marc Ruef
marc dot ruef at computec dot ch
http://www.computec.ch
computec.ch
2004/11/14
2.0
Corrected the plugin structure and added the accuracy values in 1.4. Improved the pattern matching and introduced the plugin changelog in 2.0
tcp
80
open|send POST\nContent-length:1\n\na\n\n|sleep|close|pattern_exists HTTP
10
This plugin was written with the ATK Attack Editor.
http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/707/ata186-password-disclosure.shtml
Cisco Systems
info at cisco dot com
http://www.cisco.com
Cisco ATA-186
Other Cisco and network devices
Weak Authentication
It is possible to bypass the password authentication of a Cisco ATA-186 by sending a HTTP POST request with one byte as payload.
Upgrade your Cisco firmware and filter incoming traffic on port tcp/80.
20 minutes
Yes
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4711/exploit/
Yes
No
High
7
6
10
7
High
Nessus is also able to do the same check.
CAN-2002-0769
4711
11012
Hacking Exposed: Network Security Secrets & Solutions, Stuart McClure, Joel Scambray and George Kurtz, February 25, 2003, 4th Edition, McGraw-Hill Osborne Media, ISBN 0072227427
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