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CVE-2021-39434 (GCVE-0-2021-39434)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-12-05 00:00 – Updated: 2025-04-24 13:28
VLAI
Summary
A default username and password for an administrator account was discovered in ZKTeco ZKTime 10.0 through 11.1.0, builds 20180901, 20190510.1, 20200309.3, 20200930, 20201231, and 20210220.
Severity
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-04-24 13:27 UTC
CWE
  • n/a
  • CWE-521 - Weak Password Requirements
Assigner
References
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