29 May 2012

Administrative Password Reset Vulnerability Found in Seagate BlackArmor NAS

Administrative Password Reset Vulnerability Found in Seagate BlackArmor NAS

Security experts have revealed that the Seagate BlackArmor network attached storage device (NAS server) contains a static administrator password reset vulnerability by anyone with access to it and a particular URL. The BlackArmor range of network-attached storage devices is aimed at small businesses and offers storage and backup options from Windows PCs and Mac OS X systems, ranging from 1TB to 12TB of hard disk media. According to an exclusive report of US-CERT A remote unauthenticated attacker with access to the device's management web server can directly access the webpage, http://DevicesIpAddress/d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e.php and reset the administrator password. 
Seagate has been notified, but no fix has yet been made available. Also there is no current solution to the problem and US-CERT are only advising that network access to BlackArmor devices' web interface should be restricted. For additional information click here.