CVE-2020-24215 Information

Description

An issue was discovered in the box application on HiSilicon based IPTV/H.264/H.265 video encoders. Attackers can use hard-coded credentials in HTTP requests to perform any administrative task on the device including retrieving the device’s configuration (with the cleartext admin password) and uploading a custom firmware update to ultimately achieve arbitrary code execution.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Reference

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/159601/HiSilicon-Video-Encoder-Backdoor-Password.html https://kojenov.com/2020-09-15-hisilicon-encoder-vulnerabilities/ https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/896979

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