VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2022-36159
As the password strength is weak, it can be cracked in few minutes.
HIGH 8.8EPSS 1.02%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.02%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Contec FXA3200 version 1.13 and under were discovered to contain a hard coded hash password for root stored in the component /etc/shadow. As the password strength is weak, it can be cracked in few minutes. Through this credential, a malicious actor can access the Wireless LAN Manager interface and open the telnet port then sniff the traffic or inject any malware.
- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 1.02% probability · 61th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-798
- Affected
- contec/fxa3000 firmware · contec/fxa3020 firmware · contec/fxa3200 firmware · contec/fxa2000 firmware
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- https://gist.github.com/Nwqda/aac33d1936d2b514a3268f145345abb4Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
- https://jvn.jp/en/vu/JVNVU98305100/Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://samy.link/blog/contec-flexlan-fxa2000-and-fxa3000-series-vulnerability-repoExploit, Mitigation, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.contec.com/products-services/computer-networking/flexlan-fx/fx-accesspoint/fxa3200/feature/#sectionProduct
- https://gist.github.com/Nwqda/aac33d1936d2b514a3268f145345abb4Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
- https://jvn.jp/en/vu/JVNVU98305100/Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://samy.link/blog/contec-flexlan-fxa2000-and-fxa3000-series-vulnerability-repoExploit, Mitigation, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.contec.com/products-services/computer-networking/flexlan-fx/fx-accesspoint/fxa3200/feature/#sectionProduct
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.