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Default Password (nsroot) for 'nsroot' Account

critical Nessus Plugin ID 66393

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Synopsis

The remote system can be accessed with a default account.

Description

The account 'nsroot' on the remote host has the password 'nsroot'.

An attacker may leverage this issue to gain administrative access to the affected system.

Note that Citrix NetScaler appliances are known to use these credentials to provide complete, administrative access to the Citrix NetScaler appliance.

Solution

If the host is a Citrix NetScaler, reset the nsroot password.

Otherwise, set a strong password for this account or use ACLs to restrict access to the host.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?74336bf9

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 66393

File Name: account_nsroot_nsroot.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: remote

Published: 5/13/2013

Updated: 4/11/2022

Configuration: Enable thorough checks

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-1999-0502

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.8

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:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Excluded KB Items: global_settings/supplied_logins_only

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Exploitable With

Metasploit (SSH User Code Execution)

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-1999-0502