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CVE-2016-1984
CVE information
Published
Last Modified
CVSSv2.0 Severity
CVSSv3.1 Severity
Impact Analysis
Description
The setUpSubtleUserAccount function in /bin/bw on Harman AMX devices before 2016-01-20 has a hardcoded password for the 1MB@tMaN account, which makes it easier for remote attackers to obtain access via a (1) SSH or (2) HTTP session, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-8362..
CVSSv2.0 Score
- Severity
- High
- Base Score
- 10/10
- Exploit Score
- 10/10
- Access Vector
- Network
- Access Complexity
- Low
- Authentication Required
- None
- Impact Score
- 10/10
- Confidentiality Impact
- Complete
- Availability Impact
- Complete
- Integrity Impact
- Complete
CVSSv3.1 Score
- Severity
- Critical
- Base Score
- 9.8/10
- Exploit Score
- 3.9/10
- Access Vector
- Network
- Access Complexity
- Low
- Privileges Required
- None
- Impact Score
- 5.9/10
- Confidentiality Impact
- High
- Availability Impact
- High
- Integrity Impact
- High
- Scope
- Unchanged
- User Interaction
- None
Products Affected
CPE | Affected | Vulnerable | Excluding | Edit |
---|---|---|---|---|
cpe:2.3:o:harman:amx_firmware:1.3.100:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - | |
cpe:2.3:o:harman:amx_firmware:1.2.322:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - |
References
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Jan/63
- http://www.amx.com/techcenter/NXSecurityBrief/
- http://www.amx.com/techcenter/firmware.asp?Category=Hot%20Fix%20Files
- https://www.sec-consult.com/fxdata/seccons/prod/temedia/advisories_txt/20160121-0_AMX_De
- http://blog.sec-consult.com/2016/01/deliberately-hidden-backdoor-account-in.html
- https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/992624
- https://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-16-049-02