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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2013-3612

Dahua DVR appliances have a hardcoded password for (1) the root account and (2) an unspecified "backdoor" account, which makes it easier for remote attackers to obtain administrative access via authorization requests involving (a) ActiveX, (b) a…

EXPLOITHIGH 10.0EPSS 10.3%

Does this matter?

EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 10.3%, higher than 96% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.

Description

Dahua DVR appliances have a hardcoded password for (1) the root account and (2) an unspecified "backdoor" account, which makes it easier for remote attackers to obtain administrative access via authorization requests involving (a) ActiveX, (b) a standalone client, or (c) unknown other vectors.

CVSS 2.0
10.0 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
EPSS
10.30% probability · 96th percentile
Public exploits
1 in Exploit-DB · first 18 November 2013
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-255
Affected
dahuasecurity/dvr0404hd-a · dahuasecurity/dvr0404hd-l · dahuasecurity/dvr0404hd-s · dahuasecurity/dvr0404hd-u · dahuasecurity/dvr0404hf-a-e · dahuasecurity/dvr0404hf-al-e · dahuasecurity/dvr0404hf-s-e · dahuasecurity/dvr0404hf-u-e · dahuasecurity/dvr0804 · dahuasecurity/dvr0804hd-l · dahuasecurity/dvr0804hd-s · dahuasecurity/dvr0804hf-a-e · dahuasecurity/dvr0804hf-al-e · dahuasecurity/dvr0804hf-l-e · dahuasecurity/dvr0804hf-s-e · dahuasecurity/dvr0804hf-u-e · dahuasecurity/dvr1604hd-l · dahuasecurity/dvr1604hd-s · dahuasecurity/dvr1604hf-a-e · dahuasecurity/dvr1604hf-al-e · +40 more
Source
cret@cert.org
EPSS trend
0%8%15%4 November 2026: 10.30%4 November 20264 November 2026

EPSS 10.3% since 4 November 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.

Public exploits (1)

Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.

EDB-IDTitleTypePublishedVerified
EDB-29673source ↗Dahua DVR 2.608.0000.0/2.608.GV00.0 - Authentication Bypass (Metasploit)hardware · Jake Reynoldswebapps18 November 2013no

References

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.