Executive Summary

Summary
Title CoSoSys Endpoint Protector 4 appliance contains a predictable password for root-equivalent account vulnerability
Informations
Name VU#591667 First vendor Publication 2012-09-17
Vendor VU-CERT Last vendor Modification 2012-09-17
Severity (Vendor) N/A Revision M

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : N/A
Overall CVSS Score NA
Base Score NA Environmental Score NA
impact SubScore NA Temporal Score NA
Exploitabality Sub Score NA
 
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Cvss Base Score 7.5 Attack Range Network
Cvss Impact Score 6.4 Attack Complexity Low
Cvss Expoit Score 10 Authentication None Required
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Detail

Vulnerability Note VU#591667

CoSoSys Endpoint Protector 4 appliance contains a predictable password for root-equivalent account vulnerability

Original Release date: 17 Sep 2012 | Last revised: 17 Sep 2012

Overview

CoSoSys Endpoint Protector 4 appliance contains a predictable password for root-equivalent accounts.

Description

According to the CoSoSys's website the Endpoint Protector 4 appliance is a DLP product used to prevent users from taking unauthorized data outside the company or bringing potential harmful files on USB devices, files which can have a significant impact on your network’s health. The CoSoSys Endpoint Protector 4 appliance contains a predictable password for root-equivalent accounts. The activation script sets the password to the EPProot account to a password based on the sum of each number in the appliance's serial number. The script cuts the serial number (10 numeric characters) out of a file and then adds each character together to populate the $SUMS variable. Then "eroot!00($SUM)RO" where $SUM is a number presumably from 0-90 (9*10) is set as the password for the epproot account. There are only 90 unique combinations so it can be brute-forced.

Impact

An attacker may be able to gather sensitive configuration information including account credentials or session authentication tokens of the CoSoSys Endpoint Protector 4 appliance.

Solution

We are currently unaware of a practical solution to this problem.

Restrict access

As a general good security practice, only allow connections from trusted hosts and networks. Restricting access would prevent an attacker from accessing a CoSoSys Endpoint Protector 4 appliance using stolen credentials from a blocked network location.

Vendor Information (Learn More)

VendorStatusDate NotifiedDate Updated
CoSoSys Endpoint SecurityAffected30 Jul 201210 Sep 2012
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CVSS Metrics (Learn More)

GroupScoreVector
Base6.8AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Temporal5.2E:POC/RL:W/RC:UC
Environmental1.7CDP:LM/TD:L/CR:ND/IR:ND/AR:ND

References

  • http://www.endpointprotector.com/products/endpoint_protector

Credit

Thanks to Christopher Campbell for reporting this vulnerability.

This document was written by Michael Orlando.

Other Information

  • CVE IDs:CVE-2012-2994
  • Date Public:17 Sep 2012
  • Date First Published:17 Sep 2012
  • Date Last Updated:17 Sep 2012
  • Document Revision:9

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This product is provided subject to the Notification as indicated here: http://www.us-cert.gov/legal.html#notify

Original Source

Url : http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/591667

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
100 % CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Hardware 1

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2012-11-16 Name : Accounts on the remote host have easily predictable passwords.
File : cososys_endpoint_protector_predictable_password.nasl - Type : ACT_ATTACK

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