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FKIE_CVE-2016-6552

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2018-07-13 20:29 - Updated: 2026-06-17 00:51

Severity

9.8 (Critical) - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Summary

Green Packet DX-350 uses non-random default credentials of: root:wimax. A remote network attacker can gain privileged access to a vulnerable device.

References

URL	Tags
cret@cert.org	https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/970379	Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
cret@cert.org	https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93806	Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/970379	Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93806	Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	greenpacket	dx-350_firmware	-
	greenpacket	dx-350	-

JSON

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    }
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  "lastModified": "2026-06-17T00:51:22.203",
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  ]
}

CVE-2016-6552 (GCVE-0-2016-6552)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2018-07-13 20:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 01:36

Title

Green Packet DX-350 uses default credentials

Summary

Green Packet DX-350 uses non-random default credentials of: root:wimax. A remote network attacker can gain privileged access to a vulnerable device.

Severity

No CVSS data available.

CWE

CWE-255

Assigner

certcc mitre root

References

2 references

URL	Tags
https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93806	vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/970379	third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VN

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
Green Packet	WiFi Access Point	Affected: DX-350

Date Public

2016-10-20 00:00

Show details on NVD website

JSON

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Sightings

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