CVE-2015-8362 Information

Description

The setUpSubtleUserAccount function in /bin/bw on Harman AMX devices before 2015-10-12 has a hardcoded password for the BlackWidow account which makes it easier for remote attackers to obtain access via a (1) SSH or (2) HTTP session a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-1984.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Reference

http://blog.sec-consult.com/2016/01/deliberately-hidden-backdoor-account-in.html http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Jan/63 http://www.amx.com/techcenter/firmware.asp?Category=Hot20Fix20Files http://www.amx.com/techcenter/NXSecurityBrief/ http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/537343/100/0/threaded http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/81545 https://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-16-049-02 https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/992624 https://www.sec-consult.com/fxdata/seccons/prod/temedia/advisories_txt/20160121-0_AMX_Deliberately_hidden_backdoor_account_v10.txt

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

9.8