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Over 24,000 exposed server BMCs leak password hash via decades-old flaw
More than 24,000 internet-exposed servers are leaking authentication password hashes due to a 20-year-old vulnerability in their Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) interface.
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More than 24,000 internet-exposed servers are leaking authentication password hashes due to a 20-year-old vulnerability in their Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) interface. For at least a third of them, researchers were able to find the correct password using dictionaries and the patterns on factory stickers for default credentials.
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