050 – Guessed weak credentials
Description
The system credentials low complexity considerably reduces the amount of time required to guess them. This allows an attacker to have quicker success when executing a brute force attack.
Impact
Obtain functional credentials for resources or services.
Recommendation
Enforce strong password policy. A password security policy must contain the following attributes: - Configure a minimum and maximum length. - Do not use word based passwords. - Avoid usernames in the passwords. - Do not reuse passwords.
Threat
Anonymous attacker from the Internet.
Expected Remediation Time
Score 4.0
Default score using CVSS 4.0. It may change depending on the context of the src.
Base 4.0
- Attack vector: N
- Attack complexity: L
- Attack Requirements: N
- Privileges required: H
- User interaction: N
- Confidentiality (VC): L
- Integrity (VI): N
- Availability (VA): N
- Confidentiality (SC): N
- Integrity (SI): N
- Availability (SA): N
Threat 4.0
- Exploit maturity: X