SNMP kill interface

Risk Level: Medium risk vulnerability  Medium

Check or Attack Name: SNMP kill interface

Platforms: SNMP
Description:

Some Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) agents do not protect against unauthorized write access. This exploit may disable the internal loopback and external network interfaces if the community string is easily guessed.

Remedy:

Set the community string to a value that is hard to guess. Use uppercase, lowercase, and numeric characters.

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