June 21, 2022, 4:38 p.m. |

CERT Recently Published Vulnerability Notes kb.cert.org

Overview


SMA Technologies OpCon UNIX agent adds the same SSH key on every installation and subsequent updates. An attacker with access to the private key can gain root access on affected systems.


Description


During OpCon UNIX agent installation and updates, an SSH public key is added to the root account's authorized_keys file. The corresponding private key titled sma_id_rsa is included with the installation files and is not encrypted with a passphrase. Removal of the OpCon software does not remove the …

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