CVE-2016-1984 (GCVE-0-2016-1984)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2016-01-22 11:00
Modified
2024-08-05 23:17
Severity ?
CWE
  • n/a
Summary
The setUpSubtleUserAccount function in /bin/bw on Harman AMX devices before 2016-01-20 has a hardcoded password for the 1MB@tMaN account, which makes it easier for remote attackers to obtain access via a (1) SSH or (2) HTTP session, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-8362.
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