Hardcoded Password Found in Cisco Software (bleepingcomputer.com)

Cisco released 22 security advisories yesterday, including two alerts for critical fixes, one of them for a hardcoded password that can give attackers full control over a vulnerable system. From a report: The hardcoded password issue affects Cisco's Prime Collaboration Provisioning (PCP), a software application that can be used for the remote installation and maintenance of other Cisco voice and video products. Cisco PCP is often installed on Linux servers. Cisco says that an attacker could exploit this vulnerability (CVE-2018-0141) by connecting to the affected system via Secure Shell (SSH) using the hardcoded password. The flaw can be exploited only by local attackers, and it also grants access to a low-privileged user account. In spite of this, Cisco has classified the issue as "critical." Although this vulnerability has a Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) Base score of 5.9, which is normally assigned a Security Impact Rating (SIR) of Medium, there are extenuating circumstances that allow an attacker to elevate privileges to root. For these reasons, the SIR has been set to Critical.

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Hardcoded passwords

[execthts]

So in 2018 we're still seeing hardcoded passwords in enterprise products?

Re:Hardcoded passwords

[Anonymous Coward]

Hardcoded passwords are insecure, but oh so convenient.
Security is expensive, annoys users, and doesn't increase sales.
Security will always be an afterthought.

Re:Hardcoded passwords

[postbigbang]

No one will fall on their sword.

Not the coder.

Not the team leader.

Not QA.

Not the development lead.

Not the product manager.

Not the code review staff.

Have a nice day. Fast and loose means shareholder return.