CVE-2018-18929
An attacker with this username and password can leverage it to gain administrator-level access on the system.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.11%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
The Tightrope Media Carousel Seneca HDn Windows-based appliance 7.0.4.104 is shipped with a default local administrator username and password. This can be found by a limited user account in an "unattend.xml" file left over on the C: drive from the Sysprep process. An attacker with this username and password can leverage it to gain administrator-level access on the system.
- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 1.11% probability · 64th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-798
- Affected
- trms/seneca hdn firmware
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- https://www.drewgreen.net/vulnerabilities-in-tightrope-media-systems-carousel/Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.drewgreen.net/vulnerabilities-in-tightrope-media-systems-carousel/Exploit, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.