CVE-2015-1842
Red Hat Openstack-Puppet-Modules Default Password Vulnerability (Remote Command Execution)
Description
The puppet manifests in the Red Hat openstack-puppet-modules package before 2014.2.13-2 uses a default password of CHANGEME for the pcsd daemon, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary shell commands via unspecified vectors.
INFO
Published Date :
April 10, 2015, 3 p.m.
Last Modified :
Nov. 21, 2024, 2:26 a.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
Yes !
Impact Score :
10.0
Exploitability Score :
10.0
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CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Feb. 13, 2023
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed Description It was discovered that the puppet manifests, as provided with the openstack-puppet-modules package, would configure the pcsd daemon with a known default password. If this password was not changed and an attacker was able to gain access to pcsd, they could potentially run shell commands as root. The puppet manifests in the Red Hat openstack-puppet-modules package before 2014.2.13-2 uses a default password of CHANGEME for the pcsd daemon, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary shell commands via unspecified vectors. Removed CVSS V2 Metadata Access Complexity Insufficient Information Removed CVSS V2 Red Hat, Inc. (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C) Removed Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015:0789 [No Types Assigned] Removed Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015:0791 [No Types Assigned] Removed Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015:0830 [No Types Assigned] Removed Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015:0831 [No Types Assigned] Removed Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015:0832 [No Types Assigned] Removed Reference https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-1842 [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Feb. 02, 2023
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed Description The puppet manifests in the Red Hat openstack-puppet-modules package before 2014.2.13-2 uses a default password of CHANGEME for the pcsd daemon, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary shell commands via unspecified vectors. It was discovered that the puppet manifests, as provided with the openstack-puppet-modules package, would configure the pcsd daemon with a known default password. If this password was not changed and an attacker was able to gain access to pcsd, they could potentially run shell commands as root. Added CVSS V2 Red Hat, Inc. (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C) Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015:0831 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015:0832 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015:0830 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015:0789 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015:0791 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-1842 [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Jul. 26, 2016
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74049 -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Apr. 30, 2015
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0832.html Added Reference http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0831.html Added Reference http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0830.html -
Modified Analysis by [email protected]
Apr. 10, 2015
Action Type Old Value New Value Added CPE Configuration Configuration 1 OR *cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openstack:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous) Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C) Changed Reference Type http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0789.html No Types Assigned http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0789.html Advisory Changed Reference Type http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0791.html No Types Assigned http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0791.html Advisory Added CWE CWE-255 -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Apr. 10, 2015
Action Type Old Value New Value
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
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Exploit Prediction
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1.82 }} -0.26%
score
0.88657
percentile