Executive Summary
| Informations | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Name | CVE-2009-4128 | First vendor Publication | 2009-12-01 |
| Vendor | Cve | Last vendor Modification | 2024-11-21 |
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:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C) | |||
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| Cvss Base Score | 7.2 | Attack Range | Local |
| Cvss Impact Score | 10 | Attack Complexity | Low |
| Cvss Expoit Score | 3.9 | Authentication | None Required |
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Detail
| GNU GRand Unified Bootloader (GRUB) 2 1.97 only compares the submitted portion of a password with the actual password, which makes it easier for physically proximate attackers to conduct brute force attacks and bypass authentication by submitting a password whose length is 1. |
Original Source
| Url : http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-4128 |
CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration
| % | Id | Name |
|---|---|---|
| 100 % | CWE-287 | Improper Authentication |
OVAL Definitions
| Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:13918 | |||
| Oval ID: | oval:org.mitre.oval:def:13918 | ||
| Title: | USN-868-1 -- grub2 vulnerability | ||
| Description: | It was discovered that GRUB 2 did not properly validate passwords. An attacker with physical access could conduct a brute force attack and bypass authentication by submitting a 1 character password. | ||
| Family: | unix | Class: | patch |
| Reference(s): | USN-868-1 CVE-2009-4128 | Version: | 5 |
| Platform(s): | Ubuntu 9.10 | Product(s): | grub2 |
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CPE : Common Platform Enumeration
| Type | Description | Count |
|---|---|---|
| Application | 1 |
Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)
| Id | Description |
|---|---|
| 60655 | GNU GRUB Password Comparision Weakness Authentication Bypass |
Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 2013-03-09 | Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches. File : ubuntu_USN-868-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
Sources (Detail)
Alert History
| Date | Informations |
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| 2024-11-28 23:09:51 |
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| 2024-11-28 12:20:18 |
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| 2024-01-16 09:27:47 |
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| 2021-05-04 12:10:32 |
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| 2021-04-22 01:10:59 |
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| 2020-05-23 00:24:39 |
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| 2017-08-17 09:22:48 |
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| 2016-04-26 19:17:09 |
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| 2014-02-17 10:52:30 |
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| 2013-05-11 00:01:43 |
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