CVE-2018-16158
Eaton Power Xpert Meter 4000, 6000, and 8000 devices before 13.4.0.10 have a single SSH private key across different customers' installations and do not properly restrict access to this key, which makes it easier for remote attackers to perform SSH…
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EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 34.9%, higher than 98% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
Eaton Power Xpert Meter 4000, 6000, and 8000 devices before 13.4.0.10 have a single SSH private key across different customers' installations and do not properly restrict access to this key, which makes it easier for remote attackers to perform SSH logins (to uid 0) via the PubkeyAuthentication option.
- CVSS 3.0
- 9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 34.93% probability · 98th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-798
- Affected
- eaton/power xpert meter 4000 firmware · eaton/power xpert meter 6000 firmware · eaton/power xpert meter 8000 firmware
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://www.eaton.com/content/dam/eaton/company/news-insights/cybersecurity/security-bulletins/PXM-Advisory.pdfVendor Advisory
- https://www.ctrlu.net/vuln/0006.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/BrianWGray/msf/blob/master/exploits/linux/ssh/eaton_known_privkey.rbExploit, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.eaton.com/content/dam/eaton/company/news-insights/cybersecurity/security-bulletins/PXM-Advisory.pdfVendor Advisory
- https://www.ctrlu.net/vuln/0006.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.