Re: Polycom hacking

--On Tuesday, June 26, 2007 17:51:58 +0000 b.hines_at_comcast.net wrote:

>
> Nice, that and an unchanged default password...
>
What I've discovered is that some devices run telnet, and it requires no
login at all. Haven't tried doing anything with it yet, but a DoS was
possible in earlier versions of the software. I suspect that's still the
case.

It also runs ftp, with a login of "admin" or "administrator" and a null
password. So you can remove, alter and upload files at will. I suspect
that could be used for plenty of nefarious purposes.

Then there's the web interface; no login, admin access remotely to setup,
placing a call, etc., etc., and if they use a password, just load
http://target/a_security.htm and it will happily present you with the
passwords in plain text.

I suspect the ftp interface would be the most fruitful, because you could
upload new web pages with embedded scripts that load malware, redirect to a
fake site, exploit weaknesses in the browser, etc., etc.

All in all, a pretty poorly designed (from a security perspective) device.

-- 
Paul Schmehl (pauls_at_utdallas.edu)
Senior Information Security Analyst
The University of Texas at Dallas
http://www.utdallas.edu/ir/security/

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