CVE-2018-16158 Information

Description

Eaton Power Xpert Meter 4000 6000 and 8000 devices before 13.4.0.10 have a single SSH private key across different customers’ installations and do not properly restrict access to this key which makes it easier for remote attackers to perform SSH logins (to uid 0) via the PubkeyAuthentication option.

CVSS Vector

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

Reference

http://www.eaton.com/content/dam/eaton/company/news-insights/cybersecurity/security-bulletins/PXM-Advisory.pdf https://github.com/BrianWGray/msf/blob/master/exploits/linux/ssh/eaton_known_privkey.rb https://www.ctrlu.net/vuln/0006.html

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