VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2019-25241
FaceSentry Access Control System 6.4.8 contains a critical authentication vulnerability with hard-coded SSH credentials for the wwwuser account.
CRITICAL 9.8EPSS 0.74%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.74%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
FaceSentry Access Control System 6.4.8 contains a critical authentication vulnerability with hard-coded SSH credentials for the wwwuser account. Attackers can leverage the insecure sudoers configuration to escalate privileges and gain root access by executing sudo commands without authentication.
- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.74% probability · 53th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-798
- Affected
- iwt/facesentry access control system firmware
- Source
- disclosure@vulncheck.com
References
- http://www.iwt.com.hkProduct
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/47067Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://www.zeroscience.mk/en/vulnerabilities/ZSL-2019-5526.phpExploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.zeroscience.mk/en/vulnerabilities/ZSL-2019-5526.phpExploit, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.