382 : PostgreSQL Server Default Password
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Views This Week	Views All Time	Added to OSVDB	Last Modified	Modified (since 2008)	Percent Complete
90	27975	over 9 years ago	about 1 year ago	3 times	90%

Timeline

Discovery Date	Disclosure Date
1999-06-07	1999-07-17

Description

By default, PostgresSQL installs without a default password for the postgres user account. This username and password combination is publicly known and documented. This allows attackers to trivially access the program or system with administrative priveleges.

Classification

Location: Local Access Required
Attack Type: Authentication Management
Impact: Loss of Integrity
Solution: Change Default Setting
Exploit: Exploit Public
Disclosure: OSVDB Verified, Vendor Verified

Solution

Immediately after installation, change all default installed accounts to use a unique and secure password. When possible, change default account names to custom names as well.

Products

PostgreSQL, Inc.	Database Server	All Versions
		All Versions

References

CVE ID: 1999-0508 (see also: NVD)
Generic Informational URL: http://www.cirt.net/cgi-bin/passwd.pl?method=showven&ven=PostgreSQL

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Manual Testing Notes

Credit

Unknown or Incomplete

CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 4.6
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2003-12-31 | Disagree?

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Anonymous - 2011/04/29 05:46:02

I just installed postgreSQL and i got the defaut username: "postgres" from here.
(The password was the one which i use it during installation configuration).

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