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CVSS 8.0 HIGH 🔴 ACTIVELY EXPLOITED Security Vulnerability

CVE-2013-4786: How We Hacked Thousands of Data Centers in Minutes Using a 20-Year-Old Vulnerability

TL;DR: We identified 36,872 internet-exposed BMCs, and 24,650 of them disclosed password-derived authentication hashes before login because of CVE-2013-4786. More than 30% of the returned hashes were linked to passwords…

8.0CVSS Score
HIGHSeverity
NOCISA KEV
81.8%EPSS Score
Security VulnerabilityImpact Type

📋 Vulnerability Details

CVE IDCVE-2013-4786
Vendorreddit_netsec
Affected ProductThreat Intelligence
Vulnerability TypeSecurity Vulnerability
CVSS Score8.0 (HIGH)
EPSS Score81.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Actively Exploited✅ Yes
Patch StatusSee Vendor Advisory →
Reported ByCYBERDUDEBIVASH SENTINEL APEX Intelligence (via reddit_netsec)

🔬 Technical Analysis

TL;DR: We identified 36,872 internet-exposed BMCs, and 24,650 of them disclosed password-derived authentication hashes before login because of CVE-2013-4786. More than 30% of the returned hashes were linked to passwords that could be recovered using common wordlists or predictable factory password formats. The exposure affected modern Supermicro and HPE servers, including systems operated by GPU providers. The bigger risk is that a compromised BMC gives an attacker highly privileged access below the operating system. Because BMC management networks are often poorly segmented and lightly monitored, one exposed interface can become a foothold into broader data center infrastructure. We also created an interactive map where you can explore the exposed systems: https://lavahq.io/bmcradar submi

🎯 Known Indicators of Compromise

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