CVE-2010-4279
The default configuration of Pandora FMS 3.1 and earlier specifies an empty string for the loginhash_pwd field, which allows remote…
- 10.0HighCVSS base score
- 65.6%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 0.7% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 3Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
The default configuration of Pandora FMS 3.1 and earlier specifies an empty string for the loginhash_pwd field, which allows remote attackers to bypass authentication by sending a request to index.php with "admin" in the loginhash_user parameter, in conjunction with the md5 hash of "admin" in the loginhash_data parameter.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list a Metasploit module and 2 Exploit-DB entries for it. 2 references of the record are tagged as an exploit.
Show the exploits5
Metasploit modules1 module
- Pandora FMS v3.1 Auth Bypass and Arbitrary File Upload Vulnerability (Metasploit module) (opens in a new tab)
exploit/multi/http/pandora_upload_execRank excellentdisclosed 30 Nov 2010
Exploit-DB2 entries
- Pandora FMS 3.1 - Authentication Bypass / Arbitrary File Upload (Metasploit) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 35731remote, phppublished 8 Jan 2015Verified
- Pandora FMS 3.1 - Authentication Bypass (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 15639webapps, phppublished 30 Nov 2010Verified
References tagged exploit2 references
- 35731 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- 15639 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
Modules, templates and exploits as listed by the Metasploit Framework (BSD-3-Clause), ProjectDiscovery's Nuclei templates (MIT) and the Exploit Database (GPLv2), read once a day. Where the data comes from
Timeline
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- 15 days later
· 15 days later
Published
- 14 years later
· 14 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High10.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 65.6% · top 0.7% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 10.0.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
9
- 42347 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 20101130 Pandora FMS Authentication Bypass and Multiple Input Validation Vulnerabilities (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- http://sourceforge.net/projects/pandora/files/Pandora%20FMS%203.1/Final%20version%20%28Stable%29/pandorafms_console-3.1_security_patch_13Oct2010.tar.gz/download (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 35731 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/129830/Pandora-3.1-Auth-Bypass-Arbitrary-File-Upload.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 45112 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 15639 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- 20101130 Pandora FMS Authentication Bypass and Multiple Input Validation Vulnerabilities (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
- 69549 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2010-4252 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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