Vulnerability · Published Oct 6, 2020 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2020-24218
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 2.0% (higher than 80% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS NVD)9.8Critical
Exploit odds (30 days)2.0%top 19.6% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
An issue was discovered on URayTech IPTV/H.264/H.265 video encoders through 1.97. Attackers can log in as root via the password that is hard-coded in the executable file.
Affected products (as reported)
References
- https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/896979 x_refsource_MISC
- https://kojenov.com/2020-09-15-hisilicon-encoder-vulnerabilities/ x_refsource_MISC