Ipswitch WhatsUp Gold Default Admin Account - Nessus

High   Plugin ID: 11004

This page contains detailed information about the Ipswitch WhatsUp Gold Default Admin Account Nessus plugin including available exploits and PoCs found on GitHub, in Metasploit or Exploit-DB for verifying of this vulnerability.

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Plugin Overview

ID: 11004
Name: Ipswitch WhatsUp Gold Default Admin Account
Filename: DDI_WhatsUp_Default.nasl
Vulnerability Published: N/A
This Plugin Published: 2002-06-05
Last Modification Time: 2021-01-19
Plugin Version: 1.20
Plugin Type: remote
Plugin Family: CGI abuses
Dependencies: http_version.nasl

Vulnerability Information

Severity: High
Vulnerability Published: N/A
Patch Published: N/A
CVE [?]: CVE-1999-0508
CPE [?]: N/A

Synopsis

The remote web server uses a default set of administrative credentials.

Description

This WhatsUp Gold server still has the default password for the admin user account. An attacker can use this account to probe other systems on the network and obtain sensitive information about the monitored systems.

Solution

Login to this system and either disable the admin account or assign it a difficult to guess password.

Public Exploits

Target Network Port(s): 80
Target Asset(s): Services/www
Exploit Available: True (Metasploit Framework)
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Here's the list of publicly known exploits and PoCs for verifying the Ipswitch WhatsUp Gold Default Admin Account vulnerability:

  1. Metasploit: auxiliary/scanner/snmp/snmp_login
    [SNMP Community Scanner]
  2. Metasploit: auxiliary/scanner/snmp/snmp_login
    [SNMP Community Login Scanner]

Before running any exploit against any system, make sure you are authorized by the owner of the target system(s) to perform such activity. In any other case, this would be considered as an illegal activity.

Risk Information

CVSS V2 Vector [?]: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
CVSS Base Score:7.5 (High)
Impact Subscore:6.4
Exploitability Subscore:10.0
CVSS Temporal Score:NA (None)
CVSS Environmental Score:NA (None)
Modified Impact Subscore:NA
Overall CVSS Score:7.5 (High)

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Plugin Source

This is the DDI_WhatsUp_Default.nasl nessus plugin source code. This script is Copyright (C) 2002-2021 Digital Defense Inc. 

#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 70300
#
# Copyright 2001 by H D Moore <[email protected]>
#
# See the Nessus Scripts License for details
#

# Changes by Tenable:
# - Revised plugin title, changed family (4/13/2009)

include('deprecated_nasl_level.inc');
include('compat.inc');

if(description)
{
 script_id(11004);
 script_version("1.20");

 script_cve_id("CVE-1999-0508");

 script_name(english:"Ipswitch WhatsUp Gold Default Admin Account");
 script_summary(english:"WhatsUp Gold Default Admin Account");

 script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote web server uses a default set of administrative
credentials.");
 script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"This WhatsUp Gold server still has the default password for the admin
user account.  An attacker can use this account to probe other systems
on the network and obtain sensitive information about the monitored
systems.");
 script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Login to this system and either disable the admin account or assign
it a difficult to guess password.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"Exploits are available");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"true");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"metasploit_name", value:'SNMP Community Scanner');
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_framework_metasploit", value:"true");
 script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:
"2002/06/05");
 script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2021/01/19");
 script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"remote");
 script_end_attributes();

 script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);

 script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2002-2021 Digital Defense Inc.");
 script_family(english:"CGI abuses");
 script_dependencie("http_version.nasl");
 script_require_ports("Services/www", 80);
 exit(0);
}

#
# The script code starts here
#

include("global_settings.inc");
include("http_func.inc");

port = get_http_port(default:80, embedded:TRUE);
if (!get_port_state(port)) exit(0, "Port "+port+" is not open.");

if (supplied_logins_only) exit(0, "The 'Do not log in with user accounts not specified in the policy' preference setting is enabled.");

soc = http_open_socket(port);
if (!soc) exit(1, "Failed to open a socket on port "+port+".");

req = string("GET / HTTP/1.0\r\nAuthorization: Basic YWRtaW46YWRtaW4K\r\n\r\n");
send(socket:soc, data:req);
buf = http_recv(socket:soc);
http_close_socket(soc);

if (!isnull(buf) && "Whatsup Gold" >< buf && "Unauthorized User" >!< buf)
{
 security_hole(port:port);
}

The latest version of this script can be found in these locations depending on your platform:

  • Linux / Unix:
    /opt/nessus/lib/nessus/plugins/DDI_WhatsUp_Default.nasl
  • Windows:
    C:\ProgramData\Tenable\Nessus\nessus\plugins\DDI_WhatsUp_Default.nasl
  • Mac OS X:
    /Library/Nessus/run/lib/nessus/plugins/DDI_WhatsUp_Default.nasl

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How to Run

Here is how to run the Ipswitch WhatsUp Gold Default Admin Account as a standalone plugin via the Nessus web user interface (https://localhost:8834/):

  1. Click to start a New Scan.
  2. Select Advanced Scan.
  3. Navigate to the Plugins tab.
  4. On the top right corner click to Disable All plugins.
  5. On the left side table select CGI abuses plugin family.
  6. On the right side table select Ipswitch WhatsUp Gold Default Admin Account plugin ID 11004.
  7. Specify the target on the Settings tab and click to Save the scan.
  8. Run the scan.

Here are a few examples of how to run the plugin in the command line. Note that the examples below demonstrate the usage on the Linux / Unix platform.

Basic usage:

/opt/nessus/bin/nasl DDI_WhatsUp_Default.nasl -t <IP/HOST>

Run the plugin with audit trail message on the console:

/opt/nessus/bin/nasl -a DDI_WhatsUp_Default.nasl -t <IP/HOST>

Run the plugin with trace script execution written to the console (useful for debugging):

/opt/nessus/bin/nasl -T - DDI_WhatsUp_Default.nasl -t <IP/HOST>

Run the plugin with using a state file for the target and updating it (useful for running multiple plugins on the target):

/opt/nessus/bin/nasl -K /tmp/state DDI_WhatsUp_Default.nasl -t <IP/HOST>

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Version

This page has been produced using Nessus Professional 10.1.2 (#68) LINUX, Plugin set 202205072148.
Plugin file DDI_WhatsUp_Default.nasl version 1.20. For more plugins, visit the Nessus Plugin Library.

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