FKIE_CVE-2015-6456

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2015-09-18 22:59 - Updated: 2025-04-12 10:46
Severity ?
Summary
GE Digital Energy MDS PulseNET and MDS PulseNET Enterprise before 3.1.5 have hardcoded credentials for a support account, which allows remote attackers to obtain administrative access, and consequently execute arbitrary code, by leveraging knowledge of the password.
References
ics-cert@hq.dhs.govhttp://www.gedigitalenergy.com/app/resources.aspx?prod=pulsenet&type=9Vendor Advisory
ics-cert@hq.dhs.govhttp://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-15-440/
ics-cert@hq.dhs.govhttps://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-15-258-03Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.gedigitalenergy.com/app/resources.aspx?prod=pulsenet&type=9Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-15-440/
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-15-258-03Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
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    },
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      "value": "Vulnerabilidad en GE Digital Energy MDS PulseNET y MDS PulseNET Enterprise en versiones anteriores a 3.1.5, tienen credenciales embebidos para la cuenta de soporte, lo que permite a atacantes remotos obtener acceso adminitrativo, y consecuentemente ejecutar c\u00f3digo arbitrario, aprovech\u00e1ndose del conocimiento de la contrase\u00f1a."
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  "evaluatorComment": "\u003ca href=\"http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/798.html\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eCWE-798: Use of Hard-coded Credentials\u003c/a\u003e",
  "id": "CVE-2015-6456",
  "lastModified": "2025-04-12T10:46:40.837",
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          "baseScore": 9.0,
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