VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2020-15835
An adversary with the private key can remotely authenticate to the management interface as root.
CRITICAL 9.8EPSS 1.67%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.67%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
An issue was discovered on Mofi Network MOFI4500-4GXeLTE 4.1.5-std devices. The authentication function contains undocumented code that provides the ability to authenticate as root without knowing the actual root password. An adversary with the private key can remotely authenticate to the management interface as root.
- 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
- 1.67% probability · 75th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-287
- Affected
- mofinetwork/mofi4500-4gxelte firmware
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- https://mofinetwork.com/index.php?main_page=page&id=14Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.criticalstart.com/critical-vulnerabilities-discovered-in-mofi-routers/Technical Description, Third Party Advisory
- https://mofinetwork.com/index.php?main_page=page&id=14Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.criticalstart.com/critical-vulnerabilities-discovered-in-mofi-routers/Technical Description, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.