# CVE-2010-4279: The default configuration of Pandora FMS 3.1 and earlier specifies an empty string for the loginhash\_pwd field, which allows remote attacker

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 2 on Exploit-DB, 1 Metasploit module
- Published: 2010-12-02 · Updated: 2024-08-07

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

The default configuration of Pandora FMS 3.1 and earlier specifies an empty string for the loginhash_pwd field, which allows remote attackers to bypass authentication by sending a request to index.php with "admin" in the loginhash_user parameter, in conjunction with the md5 hash of "admin" in the loginhash_data parameter.

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## References

- http://secunia.com/advisories/42347
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/514939/100/0/threaded
- http://sourceforge.net/projects/pandora/files/Pandora%20FMS%203.1/Final%20version%20%28Stable%29/pandorafms_console-3.1_security_patch_13Oct2010.tar.gz/download
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/35731/
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/129830/Pandora-3.1-Auth-Bypass-Arbitrary-File-Upload.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45112
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/15639
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2010/Nov/326
- http://osvdb.org/69549
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/15639
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/35731
- https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/exploits/multi/http/pandora_upload_exec.rb

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