ghsa-vmrh-jw9r-5h7h
Vulnerability from github
Published
2022-05-14 02:47
Modified
2025-04-12 12:56
Severity ?
9.8 (Critical) - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Details

The setUpSubtleUserAccount function in /bin/bw on Harman AMX devices before 2015-10-12 has a hardcoded password for the BlackWidow account, which makes it easier for remote attackers to obtain access via a (1) SSH or (2) HTTP session, a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-1984.

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  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2015-8362"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [],
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2016-01-22T11:59:00Z",
    "severity": "CRITICAL"
  },
  "details": "The setUpSubtleUserAccount function in /bin/bw on Harman AMX devices before 2015-10-12 has a hardcoded password for the BlackWidow account, which makes it easier for remote attackers to obtain access via a (1) SSH or (2) HTTP session, a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-1984.",
  "id": "GHSA-vmrh-jw9r-5h7h",
  "modified": "2025-04-12T12:56:23Z",
  "published": "2022-05-14T02:47:10Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-8362"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-16-049-02"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/992624"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://www.sec-consult.com/fxdata/seccons/prod/temedia/advisories_txt/20160121-0_AMX_Deliberately_hidden_backdoor_account_v10.txt"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://blog.sec-consult.com/2016/01/deliberately-hidden-backdoor-account-in.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Jan/63"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.amx.com/techcenter/NXSecurityBrief"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.amx.com/techcenter/firmware.asp?Category=Hot%20Fix%20Files"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/537343/100/0/threaded"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/81545"
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      "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ]
}


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