Use of hard-coded credentials in Privileged Access Manager - CVE-2015-4667

 

Use of hard-coded credentials in Privileged Access Manager - CVE-2015-4667

Published: June 15, 2018 / Updated: September 14, 2018


Vulnerability identifier: #VU13354
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 9.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2015-4667
CWE-ID: CWE-798
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: Public exploit is available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain elevated privileges on the target system.

The weakness exists due to use of hard-coded credentials in multiple scripts. A remote attacker can gain elevated privileges and conduct a variety of attacks.

Affected software

Privileged Access Manager

How to mitigate CVE-2015-4667

Update to version 3.0.0 or later.

Privileged Access Manager - update to 3.0.0

Links to Public Exploits and PoC-codes

External References

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