CVE detail
CVE-2017-3765
In Enterprise Networking Operating System (ENOS) in Lenovo and IBM RackSwitch and BladeCenter products, an authentication bypass known as "HP Backdoor" was discovered during a Lenovo security audit in the serial console, Telnet, SSH, and Web interfaces. This bypass mechanism can be accessed when performing local authentication under specific circumstances. If exploited, admin-level access to the switch is granted.
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Buzz score components · mention 11.0 · diversity 6.5 · KEV 0.0 · OTX 0.0 · PoC 0.0
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- Backdoor Found in Lenovo, IBM SwitchesSecurityWeek
A high severity vulnerability described as a backdoor has been patched in several Flex System, RackSwitch and BladeCenter switches from Lenovo and IBM.
newswww.securityweek.comJan 15, 2018, 3:35 PM - Lenovo spotted and fixed a backdoor in RackSwitch and BladeCenter networking switchesSecurity Affairs
Lenovo discovered a firmware backdoor in RackSwitch and BladeCenter networking switch families during an internal security audit. Security experts at Levono have spotted a firmware backdoor, tracked CVE-2017-3765, in RackSwitch and BladeCenter networking switch families during an internal security audit. An authentication bypass affects only in RackSwitch and BladeCenter switches running ENOS (Enterprise Network Operating System), the tech giant […]
newssecurityaffairs.comJan 14, 2018, 12:32 PM
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