Guessed weak credentials

Description

The system credentials low complexity considerably reduces the amount of time required to guess them. This allows an attacker to have quicker success when executing a brute force attack.

Impact

Obtain functional credentials for resources or services.

Recommendation

Enforce strong password policy. A password security policy must contain the following attributes:
- Configure a minimum and maximum length.
- Do not use word based passwords.
- Avoid usernames in the passwords.
- Do not reuse passwords.

Threat

Anonymous attacker from the Internet.

Expected Remediation Time

⌚ 15 minutes.

Score

Default score using CVSS 3.1. It may change depending on the context of the src.

Base

Attack vector: N
Attack complexity: L
Privileges required: H
User interaction: N
Scope: U
Confidentiality: L
Integrity: N
Availability: N

Temporal

Exploit code maturity: X
Remediation level: O
Report confidence: X

Result

Vector string: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N/E:X/RL:O/RC:X
Score:

Base: 2.7
Temporal: 2.6

Severity:

Base: Low
Temporal: Low

Score 4.0

Default score using CVSS 4.0. It may change depending on the context of the src.

Base 4.0

Attack vector: N
Attack complexity: L
Attack Requirements: N
Privileges required: H
User interaction: N
Confidentiality (VC): L
Integrity (VI): N
Availability (VA): N
Confidentiality (SC): N
Integrity (SI): N
Availability (SA): N

Threat 4.0

Exploit maturity: X

Result 4.0

Vector string: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X
Score:

CVSS-BT: 5.1

Severity:

CVSS-BT: Medium

Requirements

Fixes

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