CVE-2007-3232
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedThe IBM TotalStorage DS400 with firmware 4.15 uses a blank password for the (1) root, (2) user, (3) manager, (4) administrator, and (5) operator accounts, which allows remote attackers to gain login access via certain Linux daemons, including a telnet daemon on a nonstandard port, tcp/6000.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · high confidenceThe IBM TotalStorage DS400 with firmware 4.15 ships with five default accounts (root, user, manager, administrator, operator) configured with blank/null passwords. This allows remote unauthenticated attackers to gain full administrative access to the storage array via network services such as telnet listening on non-standard port TCP/6000.
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Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data= 4.15CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Authentication
- None
- Confidentiality
- Complete
- Integrity
- Complete
- Availability
- Complete
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Identify the storage array modelAccess the storage management interface or use system inventory commands to confirm the hardware model is IBM TotalStorage DS400Affected if The system is not an IBM TotalStorage DS400 (different models may have similar issues but this CVE is specific to the DS400)
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Check the installed firmware versionAccess the storage management interface or use firmware version checking commands to determine the currently running firmware versionAffected if The firmware version is exactly 4.15 (this is the only version explicitly listed as affected)
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Verify default account passwordsAttempt to authenticate using the five default accounts (root, user, manager, administrator, operator) with blank/null passwords via the management interface or supported protocolsAffected if Any of these five default accounts accept a blank password for authentication, indicating the default credentials have not been changed
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Check if telnet service is enabledScan network ports or check running services to determine if a telnet daemon is listening, specifically on TCP port 6000 or other portsAffected if A telnet service is exposed and accessible on the network, particularly on port 6000 as noted in the CVE
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Assess network accessibility of management interfacesDetermine if the management interface and associated services (including telnet) are reachable from untrusted network segmentsAffected if Management interfaces with default accounts are accessible from network locations that should not have administrative access
You are affected if you have an IBM TotalStorage DS400 running firmware 4.15 with any of the five default accounts (root, user, manager, administrator, operator) still configured with blank passwords and those accounts are accessible over the network via services like telnet on port 6000.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataImmediately change passwords for all five default accounts via the storage management interface, disable unnecessary network services including the telnet daemon on port 6000, and restrict network access to management interfaces through firewall rules or network segmentation.
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
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