Vulnerability · Published Feb 1, 2021 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2020-15833
Critical 9.8
In plain English
A critical-severity security flaw in the affected software. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 1.7% (higher than 77% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS NVD)9.8Critical
Exploit odds (30 days)1.7%top 23.1% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
An issue was discovered on Mofi Network MOFI4500-4GXeLTE 4.1.5-std devices. The Dropbear SSH daemon has been modified to accept an alternate hard-coded path to a public key that allows root access. This key is stored in a /rom location that cannot be modified by the device owner.
Affected products (as reported)
References
- https://mofinetwork.com/index.php?main_page=page&id=14 x_refsource_MISC
- https://www.criticalstart.com/critical-vulnerabilities-discovered-in-mofi-routers/ x_refsource_MISC