Vulnerability · Published Sep 26, 2022 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2022-36159
High 8.8
In plain English
A high-severity hard-coded credentials 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 1.0% (higher than 64% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS 3.1)8.8High
Exploit odds (30 days)1.0%top 35.9% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
Contec FXA3200 version 1.13 and under were discovered to contain a hard coded hash password for root stored in the component /etc/shadow. As the password strength is weak, it can be cracked in few minutes. Through this credential, a malicious actor can access the Wireless LAN Manager interface and open the telnet port then sniff the traffic or inject any malware.
Affected products (as reported)
Weakness: CWE-798 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
References
- https://www.contec.com/products-services/computer-networking/flexlan-fx/fx-accesspoint/fxa3200/feature/#section x_refsource_MISC
- https://gist.github.com/Nwqda/aac33d1936d2b514a3268f145345abb4 x_refsource_MISC
- https://samy.link/blog/contec-flexlan-fxa2000-and-fxa3000-series-vulnerability-repo x_refsource_MISC
- https://jvn.jp/en/vu/JVNVU98305100/ x_refsource_MISC