CVE Vulnerability

CVE-2022-36159

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.

8.8 /10

CVSS v3.0 : HIGH

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.8 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector ADJACENT_NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References
Link Resource
https://www.contec.com/products-services/computer-networking/flexlan-fx/fx-accesspoint/fxa3200/feature/#section Product
https://samy.link/blog/contec-flexlan-fxa2000-and-fxa3000-series-vulnerability-repo Exploit Mitigation
https://gist.github.com/Nwqda/aac33d1936d2b514a3268f145345abb4 Broken Link Third Party Advisory
https://jvn.jp/en/vu/JVNVU98305100/ Patch Third Party Advisory
Configurations

Configuration 1
Information

Published : 2022-09-26 11:15

Updated : 2022-10-03 05:16

NVD link : CVE-2022-36159

Mitre link : CVE-2022-36159

Products Affected
No products.
CWE
CWE-798