What is CVE-2016-6531?

CVE-2016-6531 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Opendental, classified under CWE-255. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2016-09-24.

How severe is CVE-2016-6531?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Opendental

CVE-2016-6531

Open Dental 16.1 and earlier has a hardcoded MySQL root password, which allows remote attackers to obtain administrative access by leveraging access to intranet TCP port 3306. NOTE: the vendor disputes this issue, stating that the "vulnerability note ... is factually false ... there is indeed a default blank password, but it can be changed ... We recommend that users change it, each customer receives direction.

EPSS: 0.025 (83.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Opendental
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-255

References

cret@cert.org (US Government Resource, x_refsource_CERT-VN, Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
cret@cert.org (vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
cret@cert.org (US Government Resource, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-6531?: CVE-2016-6531 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Opendental, classified under CWE-255. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2016-09-24.
How severe is CVE-2016-6531?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.