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 attackers to bypass authentication by sending a request to index.php with "admin" in the loginhash_user parameter, in…
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EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 65.6%, higher than 99% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
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.
- CVSS 2.0
- 10.0 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 65.62% probability · 99th percentile
- Public exploits
- 2 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 30 November 2010
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-287
- Affected
- artica/pandora fms
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 65.6% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
Public exploits (2)
Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.
References
- http://osvdb.org/69549
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/129830/Pandora-3.1-Auth-Bypass-Arbitrary-File-Upload.html
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2010/Nov/326
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42347
- http://sourceforge.net/projects/pandora/files/Pandora%20FMS%203.1/Final%20version%20%28Stable%29/pandorafms_console-3.1_security_patch_13Oct2010.tar.gz/downloadPatch
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/15639Exploit
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/514939/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45112Exploit, Patch
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/35731/
- http://osvdb.org/69549
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/129830/Pandora-3.1-Auth-Bypass-Arbitrary-File-Upload.html
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2010/Nov/326
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42347
- http://sourceforge.net/projects/pandora/files/Pandora%20FMS%203.1/Final%20version%20%28Stable%29/pandorafms_console-3.1_security_patch_13Oct2010.tar.gz/downloadPatch
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/15639Exploit
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/514939/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45112Exploit, Patch
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/35731/
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.