Check Point Advisories

Cisco Application Networking Manager Default User Credentials Security Bypass (CVE-2009-0616)

Vulnerability
Protection

Check Point Reference:	CPAI-2009-046
Date Published:	19 Mar 2009
Severity:	Critical
Last Updated:	Thursday 19 March, 2009
Source:
Industry Reference:	CVE-2009-0616
Protection Provided by:	Security Gateway R81, R80, R77, R75, R71, R70
Who is Vulnerable?
Vulnerability Description	Cisco Application Networking Manager (ANM) is a network management application that manages Cisco Application Control Engine (ACE) modules or appliances. The vulnerability is due to a design error in the ANM that does not force credential changes during installation. A remote attacker may exploit this issue by accessing the ANM using default user credentials. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow the attacker to take complete control of an affected system.

Protection Overview

By enabling this protection, IPS will detect and block login attempts with the default user credentials.

In order for the protection to be activated, update your Security Gateway product to the latest IPS update. For information on how to update IPS, go to SBP-2006-05, click on Protection tab and select the version of your choice.

Security Gateway R80 / R77 / R75 / R71 / R70

In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the Cisco Application Networking Manager Default User Credentials Security Bypass protection using the Search tool and Edit the protection's settings.
Install policy on all Security Gateways.

This protection's log will contain the following information:

Attack Name: Cisco Protection Violation.
Attack Information: Cisco ANM default user credentials security bypass