| Plugin ID | 24 |
| Plugin name | Cisco ATA-186 http password attack |
| Plugin filename | Cisco ATA-186 http password.plugin |
| Plugin filesize | 3001 bytes |
| Plugin family | Network devices |
| Plugin created name | Marc Ruef |
| Plugin created email | marc dot ruef at computec dot ch |
| Plugin created web | http://www.computec.ch |
| Plugin created company | computec.ch |
| Plugin created date | 2003/11/14 |
| Plugin updated name | Marc Ruef |
| Plugin updated email | marc dot ruef at computec dot ch |
| Plugin updated web | http://www.computec.ch |
| Plugin updated company | computec.ch |
| Plugin updated date | 2004/11/14 |
| Plugin version | 2.0 |
| Plugin changelog | Corrected the plugin structure and added the accuracy values in 1.4. Improved the pattern matching and introduced the plugin changelog in 2.0 |
| Plugin protocol | tcp |
| Plugin port | 80 |
| Plugin procedure detection | open|send POST\nContent-length:1\n\na\n\n|sleep|close|pattern_exists HTTP |
| Plugin detection accuracy | 10 |
| Plugin comment | This plugin was written with the ATK Attack Editor. |
| Bug advisory | http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/707/ata186-password-disclosure.shtml |
| Bug produced name | Cisco Systems |
| Bug produced email | info at cisco dot com |
| Bug produced web | http://www.cisco.com |
| Bug affected | Cisco ATA-186 |
| Bug not affected | Other Cisco and network devices |
| Bug vulnerability class | Weak Authentication |
| Bug description | It is possible to bypass the password authentication of a Cisco ATA-186 by sending a HTTP POST request with one byte as payload. |
| Bug solution | Upgrade your Cisco firmware and filter incoming traffic on port tcp/80. |
| Bug fixing time | 20 minutes |
| Bug exploit availability | Yes |
| Bug exploit url | http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4711/exploit/ |
| Bug remote | Yes |
| Bug local | No |
| Bug severity | High |
| Bug popularity | 7 |
| Bug simplicity | 6 |
| Bug impact | 10 |
| Bug risk | 7 |
| Bug Nessus risk | High |
| Bug check tools | Nessus is also able to do the same check. |
| Source CVE | CAN-2002-0769 |
| Source SecurityFocus BID | 4711 |
| Source Nessus ID | 11012 |
| Source Literature | Hacking Exposed: Network Security Secrets & Solutions, Stuart McClure, Joel Scambray and George Kurtz, February 25, 2003, 4th Edition, McGraw-Hill Osborne Media, ISBN 0072227427 |
| Source Misc. | http://www.computec.ch |