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CVE-2002-1272: Alcatel OmniSwitch 7700/7800 switches running AOS 5.1.1 contains a back door telnet server that was intended…

CVE-2002-1272 has a CVSS v2 base score of 10.0 (the maximum on that scale) and affects Alcatel Aos. Per its scoring, it can be exploited over the network, without authentication. The scored impact on confidentiality, integrity and availability is the highest available.

Vulnerability description

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.

Severity breakdown

CVSS v2.0 10.0: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

• Access vector: Network. Exploitable remotely over the network.
• Access complexity: Low. No special conditions are required.
• Authentication: None. No authentication is needed.
• Confidentiality impact: Complete. Total information disclosure.
• Integrity impact: Complete. Total loss of integrity.
• Availability impact: Complete. Total shutdown of the component.

Affected products

• Alcatel Aos: 5.1.1

References

• http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2002-32.html
• http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/181721
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6220
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/10664