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Cisco Set and Secure Password - Detect

ID: set-and-secure-passwords

Severity: info

Author: pussycat0x

Tags: audit,file,cisco,config-audit,cisco-switch

Cisco set and secure password functionality is recommended to control privilege level access. To set a local password to control access to various privilege levels, use the enable password command in global configuration mode. To remove the password requirement, use the no form of this command.

id: set-and-secure-passwords
info:
name: Cisco Set and Secure Password - Detect
author: pussycat0x
severity: info
description: |
Cisco set and secure password functionality is recommended to control privilege level access. To set a local password to control access to various privilege levels, use the enable password command in global configuration mode. To remove the password requirement, use the no form of this command.
reference:
- https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/ios-xml/ios/security/d1/sec-d1-cr-book/sec-cr-e1.html#wp3884449514
classification:
cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:N
cvss-score: 0
cwe-id: CWE-200
tags: audit,file,cisco,config-audit,cisco-switch
file:
- extensions:
- conf
matchers-condition: and
matchers:
- type: word
words:
- "service password-encryption"
negative: true
- type: word
words:
- "configure terminal"
# Enhanced by md on 2023/05/03
# digest: 4b0a00483046022100938ac298dd7b5a4cd1a053badbb94a1d68c695a2a7340b7ccaec50d31d8b969a022100943a305d393873270073311b06f942fa29c6e829953c70b5de06e66349c72cf1:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950

This template is used to detect vulnerabilities in web applications. It can be used with the Nuclei tool to scan for specific patterns or behaviors.

Terminal window
$ nuclei -u "URL" -t "file/audit/cisco/set-and-secure-passwords.yaml"

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