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Insufficient Authentication vulnerability in Asus notebook
From: "MustLive" <mustlive () websecurity com ua>
Date: Thu, 14 May 2009 16:23:53 +0300
Hello SecurityFocus!I want to warn you about Insufficient Authentication vulnerability in Asus notebook.
After publication of information about Insufficient Authentication vulnerability in Acer notebooks (http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/503398/30/0/), I decided to investigate all notebooks of my friends. Particularly I checked two Asus notebooks: at one with Windows XP Professional there is no such vulnerability, at another with Windows XP Home Edition there is such vulnerability.
In Windows XP Home in default administrator's account “Administrator” there is empty password. And it does not set equal to password of first admin, when admin account is creating during first start of notebook (as it happens during installation of Windows XP). So with physical access to notebook, anybody can enter into the system with administrator's rights. Vulnerable models of notebooks: Asus А6500R and potentially other models.I mentioned about these vulnerability at my site (http://websecurity.com.ua/3139/).
Now I'm continue to investigate this situation. If you'll find such case in your notebook or in desktop PC, then inform me on email.
Best wishes & regards, MustLive Administrator of Websecurity web sitehttp://websecurity.com.ua
Current thread:
- Insufficient Authentication vulnerability in Asus notebook MustLive (May 14)
- Re: Insufficient Authentication vulnerability in Asus notebook Jeremy Brown (May 14)
- Re: Insufficient Authentication vulnerability in Asus notebook Mike Vasquez (May 14)
- Re: Insufficient Authentication vulnerability in Asus notebook Susan Bradley (May 14)
- Re: Insufficient Authentication vulnerability in Asus notebook nameless (May 14)
- Re: Insufficient Authentication vulnerability in Asus notebook Ansgar Wiechers (May 14)
- Re: Insufficient Authentication vulnerability in Asus notebook Susan Bradley (May 14)
- RE: Insufficient Authentication vulnerability in Asus notebook Mike Wilson (May 14)
- RE: Insufficient Authentication vulnerability in Asus notebook Steve Quan (May 14)
- Re: Insufficient Authentication vulnerability in Asus notebook nameless (May 14)
- Re: Insufficient Authentication vulnerability in Asus notebook Ansgar Wiechers (May 19)
- Re: Insufficient Authentication vulnerability in Asus notebook nameless (May 14)
- Re: Insufficient Authentication vulnerability in Asus notebook Jeremy Brown (May 14)