Vulnerabilities > CVE-2002-1272 - Remote Access vulnerability in Alcatel AOS 5.1.1

047910
CVSS 10.0 - CRITICAL
Attack vector
NETWORK
Attack complexity
LOW
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
COMPLETE
Integrity impact
COMPLETE
Availability impact
COMPLETE
network
low complexity
alcatel
critical
nessus
NVD
Published: 2002-12-11
Updated: 2017-10-10

Summary

Alcatel OmniSwitch 7700/7800 switches running AOS 5.1.1 contains a back door telnet server that was intended for development but not removed before distribution, which allows remote attackers to gain administrative privileges.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
OS
Alcatel
1

Nessus

NASL familyBackdoors
NASL idALCATEL_BACKDOOR_SWITCH.NASL
descriptionThis plugin has been deprecated due to excessive false positives since it flags any telnet banner discovered on TCP 6778.
last seen2018-06-14
modified2018-06-13
plugin id11170
published2002-11-26
reporterTenable
sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/index.php?view=single&id=11170
titleAlcatel OmniSwitch 7700/7800 Switches Backdoor Access (deprecated)

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