CVE-2015-8362

moderate-risk

Published 2016-01-22

The setUpSubtleUserAccount function in /bin/bw on Harman AMX devices before 2015-10-12 has a hardcoded password for the BlackWidow account, which makes it easier for remote attackers to obtain access via a (1) SSH or (2) HTTP session, a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-1984.

Do I need to act?

3.1% chance of exploitation in next 30 days

EPSS score — moderate exploit probability

Not on CISA KEV list

No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA

Patch status unknown

Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance

CVSS 9.8/10 Critical

NETWORK / LOW complexity

Affected Products (2)

Amx Firmware

Affected Vendors

Harman

References (18)

Exploit http://blog.sec-consult.com/2016/01/deliberately-hidden-backdoor-account-in.html

Exploit http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Jan/63

http://www.amx.com/techcenter/NXSecurityBrief/

http://www.amx.com/techcenter/firmware.asp?Category=Hot%20Fix%20Files

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/537343/100/0/threaded

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/81545

https://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-16-049-02

US Government Resource https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/992624

Exploit https://www.sec-consult.com/fxdata/seccons/prod/temedia/advisories_txt/20160121-...