BrightStor ARCserve/Enterprise Backup Default Account

critical Nessus Network Monitor Plugin ID 2622

Synopsis

The remote host is configured with default or easily-guessed credentials.

Description

The remote host is running UniversalAgent, an agent used by BrightStor ARCserve to perform backups. The remote version of this agent contains a default account with the username '\x02root\x03' and password '\x02<%j8U]`~+Ri\x03'. An attacker may use this account to gain full access to the remote host.

Solution

Upgrade or patch according to vendor recommendations.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 2622

Family: Generic

Published: 2/15/2005

Updated: 3/6/2019

Nessus ID: 16390

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 8.7

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 9.4

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:H/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:ca:brightstor

Exploitable With

Metasploit (CA BrightStor Discovery Service TCP Overflow)

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-0349, CVE-2005-2535

BID: 12536, 12522

Detections

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