module

IBM Data Risk Manager a3user Default Password

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Disclosed
Apr 21, 2020
Created
May 5, 2020

Description

This module abuses a known default password in IBM Data Risk Manager. The 'a3user'
has the default password 'idrm' and allows an attacker to log in to the virtual appliance
via SSH. This can be escalate to full root access, as 'a3user' has sudo access with the default password.
At the time of disclosure this was an 0day, but it was later confirmed and patched by IBM.
Versions

Author

Pedro Ribeiro [email protected]

Platform

Unix

Architectures

cmd

References

Module Options

To display the available options, load the module within the Metasploit console and run the commands 'show options' or 'show advanced':


    msf > use exploit/linux/ssh/ibm_drm_a3user
    msf exploit(ibm_drm_a3user) > show targets
        ...targets...
    msf exploit(ibm_drm_a3user) > set TARGET < target-id >
    msf exploit(ibm_drm_a3user) > show options
        ...show and set options...
    msf exploit(ibm_drm_a3user) > exploit
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