CVE-2013-4782 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The Supermicro BMC implementation allows remote attackers to bypass authentication and execute arbitrary IPMI commands by using cipher suite 0 (aka cipher zero) and an arbitrary password.

Published: 2013-07-08

Score: 10.0 Critical

EPSS: 66.9% High

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:h:supermicro:bmc:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

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No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.66858.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://fish2.com/ipmi/cipherzero.html
http://osvdb.org/show/osvdb/93038
http://www.metasploit.com/modules/auxiliary/scanner/ipmi/ipmi_cipher_zero
http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2013/07/ipmi/
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/freeipmi-devel/2013-02/msg00013.html

History

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Supermicro Bmc

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2013-07-08T22:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-09-16T21:57:59.491Z

Reserved: 2013-07-08T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2013-4782

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2013-07-08T22:55:01.107

Modified: 2026-04-29T01:13:23.040

Link: CVE-2013-4782

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-287

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