Use of hard-coded credentials in Zingbox Inspector - CVE-2019-15017,CVE-2019-15015
Published: October 3, 2019
Vulnerability identifier: #VU21509
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-15017,CVE-2019-15015
CWE-ID: CWE-798
Exploitation vector: Adjecent network
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Palo Alto Networks, Inc.
Affected software:
Zingbox Inspector
Zingbox Inspector
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain full access to vulnerable system.
The vulnerability exists due to presence of hard-coded credentials in application code for root and inspector user account. A remote unauthenticated attacker can access the affected system using the hard-coded credentials via SSH server that is also exposed by default.
How to mitigate CVE-2019-15017,CVE-2019-15015
Install updates from vendor's website.