BayTech RPC3 Telnet Daemon Authentication Bypass

critical Nessus Network Monitor Plugin ID 2781

Synopsis

The remote host is vulnerable to a flaw that allows for the bypassing of authentication.

Description

The remote host is running a version of Bay Technical Associates RPC3 Telnet Daemon that lets a user bypass authentication by sending a special set of keystrokes at the username prompt. Since BayTech RPC3 devices provide remote power management, this vulnerability enables an attacker to cause a denial of service, shut down the device itself and any connected devices.

Solution

No solution is known at this time.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 2781

Family: Generic

Published: 4/1/2005

Updated: 3/6/2019

Nessus ID: 17663

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.6

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:bay_technical_associates:rpc3_telnet

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-0957

BID: 12955

Detections

Analytics