Motorola Vanguard with No Password (telnet check) - Nessus

Critical   Plugin ID: 11203

This page contains detailed information about the Motorola Vanguard with No Password (telnet check) 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: 11203
Name: Motorola Vanguard with No Password (telnet check)
Filename: DDI_motorola_vanguard_no_pass.nasl
Vulnerability Published: N/A
This Plugin Published: 2003-01-22
Last Modification Time: 2012-08-15
Plugin Version: 1.10
Plugin Type: remote
Plugin Family: Misc.
Dependencies: None

Vulnerability Information

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

Synopsis

The router does have a password.

Description

This device is a Motorola Vanguard router and has no password set. An attacker can reconfigure this device without providing any authentication.

Solution

Please set a strong password for this device.

Public Exploits

Target Network Port(s): 23
Target Asset(s): N/A
Exploit Available: True (Metasploit Framework)
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Here's the list of publicly known exploits and PoCs for verifying the Motorola Vanguard with No Password (telnet check) 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:C/I:C/A:C
CVSS Base Score:10.0 (High)
Impact Subscore:10.0
Exploitability Subscore:10.0
CVSS Temporal Score:NA (None)
CVSS Environmental Score:NA (None)
Modified Impact Subscore:NA
Overall CVSS Score:10.0 (High)

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Plugin Source

This is the DDI_motorola_vanguard_no_pass.nasl nessus plugin source code. This script is Copyright (C) 2003-2012 Digital Defense 

#
# This script was written by Geoff Humes <[email protected]>
#
# See the Nessus Scripts License for details
#

# Changes by Tenable:
# - Revised plugin title (9/2/09)
# - Revised plugin title (10/29/09)

include("compat.inc");

if(description)
{
	script_id(11203);
	script_version("$Revision: 1.10 $");
	script_cvs_date("$Date: 2012/08/15 21:05:11 $");

	script_cve_id("CVE-1999-0508");

	script_name(english:"Motorola Vanguard with No Password (telnet check)");
	script_summary(english:"Attempts to log into Vanguards.");
 

	script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The router does have a password.");
	script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"This device is a Motorola Vanguard router and has no password set.  An
attacker can reconfigure this device without providing any
authentication.");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Please set a strong password for this device.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
  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:
"2003/01/22");
	script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"remote");
	script_end_attributes();

	script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
	script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2003-2012 Digital Defense");
	script_family(english:"Misc.");
	script_require_ports(23);
 
	exit(0);
}

include('telnet_func.inc');

function greprecv(socket, pattern)
{
 local_var buffer, cnt, _r;
 buffer = "";
 cnt = 0;
 while(1)
 {
  _r = recv_line(socket:socket, length:4096);
  if(strlen(_r) == 0)return(0);
  buffer = string(buffer, _r);
  if(ereg(pattern:pattern, string:_r))return(buffer);
  cnt = cnt + 1;
  if(cnt > 1024)return(0);
 }
}

#
# The script code starts here
#
port = 23;


if(get_port_state(port))
{
	banner = get_telnet_banner(port:port);
	if ( ! banner || "OK" >!< banner ) exit(0);

	soc = open_sock_tcp(port);
	if(soc)
	{
		buf = greprecv(socket:soc, pattern:".*OK.*");
		if(!buf)exit(0);
		send(socket:soc, data:string("atds0\r\n"));
		buf = greprecv(socket:soc, pattern:".*Password.*");
		if(!buf)exit(0);
		send(socket:soc, data:string("\r\n"));
		buf = greprecv(socket:soc, pattern:".*Logout.*");
		if(buf)security_hole(port);
		close(soc);
	}
}

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

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

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How to Run

Here is how to run the Motorola Vanguard with No Password (telnet check) 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 Misc. plugin family.
  6. On the right side table select Motorola Vanguard with No Password (telnet check) plugin ID 11203.
  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_motorola_vanguard_no_pass.nasl -t <IP/HOST>

Run the plugin with audit trail message on the console:

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

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

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

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References

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Version

This page has been produced using Nessus Professional 10.1.2 (#68) LINUX, Plugin set 202205072148.
Plugin file DDI_motorola_vanguard_no_pass.nasl version $Revision: 1.10 $. For more plugins, visit the Nessus Plugin Library.

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