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CVE-2016-2230 (GCVE-0-2016-2230)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2016-02-08 16:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 23:24
VLAI
Summary
OpenELEC and RasPlex devices have a hardcoded password for the root account, which makes it easier for remote attackers to obtain access via an SSH session.
Severity
9.8 (Critical)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
https://github.com/RasPlex/RasPlex/issues/453 x_refsource_MISC
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/544527 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VN
Date Public
2016-02-02 00:00
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