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CVE-2021-38759
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CVE-2021-38759
(Last updated October 07, 2023) ▾
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Description
Raspberry Pi OS through 5.10 has the raspberry default password for the pi account. If not changed, attackers can gain administrator privileges.
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Attacker ValueLow
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ExploitabilityVery High
Technical Analysis
For crying out loud people, it’s silly that this has it’s own CVE. It’s a documented feature that the Pi has a default password. So do lots of other things.
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Base Score:
9.8 Critical
Impact Score:
5.9
Exploitability Score:
3.9
Attack Vector (AV):
Network
Attack Complexity (AC):
Low
Privileges Required (PR):
None
User Interaction (UI):
None
Scope (S):
Unchanged
Confidentiality (C):
High
Integrity (I):
High
Availability (A):
High
General Information
Offensive Application
Unknown
Utility Class
Unknown
Ports
Unknown
OS
Unknown
Vulnerable Versions
n/a
Prerequisites
Unknown
Discovered By
Unknown
PoC Author
Unknown
Metasploit Module
Unknown
Reporter
Unknown
Vendors
- raspberrypi
Products
- raspberry pi os lite
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Additional Info
Authenticated
Unknown
Exploitable
Unknown
Reliability
Unknown
Stability
Unknown
Available Mitigations
Unknown
Shelf Life
Unknown
Userbase/Installbase
Unknown
Patch Effectiveness
Unknown
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Tom Sellers has a pretty thoughtful counterpoint here, which provides some nice metrics on the actual impact of default passwords: https://twitter.com/TomSellers/status/1468624914508881922