CVE-2024-42639 (GCVE-0-2024-42639)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-08-16 00:00 – Updated: 2025-03-20 13:33
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
H3C GR1100-P v100R009 was discovered to use a hardcoded password in /etc/shadow, which allows attackers to log in as root.
Severity
9.8 (Critical)
SSVC
Exploitation: poc
Automatable: yes
Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2024-08-19 17:26 UTC
CWE
- n/a
- CWE-259 - Use of Hard-coded Password
Assigner
References
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