Ubuntu 6.06 LTS, 7.10, 8.04 LTS, and 8.10, when installed as a virtual machine by (1) python-vm-builder or (2) ubuntu-vm-builder in VMBuilder 0.9 in Ubuntu 8.10, have ! (exclamation point) as the default root password, which allows attackers to bypass intended login restrictions.
Vendor
dcgrendel vulnerabilities
2 published CVES affecting dcgrendel, from public sources (CVE.org, NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS, OSV).
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- Critical
- 0
- High
- 2
- Medium
- 0
- Low
- 0
- Unscored
- 0
- CISA KEV
- 0
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Latest dcgrendel CVEs
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HighCVSS 7.2 EPSS 0.47%
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HighCVSS 7.2 EPSS 0.47%
The (1) python-vm-builder and (2) ubuntu-vm-builder implementations in VMBuilder 0.9 in Ubuntu 8.10 omit the -e option when invoking chpasswd with a root:! argument, which configures the root account with a cleartext password of ! (exclamation point) and allows attackers to bypas...
Sources: CVE.org, NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS, OSV and public exploit-reference metadata. Product matching comes from the published CVE records. A proof-of-concept means public code exists; it is not evidence of exploitation.