CVEvulnerability
CVE-2016-1984
9.8 CRITICAL
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2016-01-22
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 9.8 CRITICAL — CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 10.0 HIGH — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-255
Description
The setUpSubtleUserAccount function in /bin/bw on Harman AMX devices before 2016-01-20 has a hardcoded password for the 1MB@tMaN account, which makes it easier for remote attackers to obtain access via a (1) SSH or (2) HTTP session, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-8362.
Affected configurations
• harman amx firmware 1.2.322
• harman amx firmware 1.3.100
Related
Weakness · not in database (1)
References
- http://blog.sec-consult.com/2016/01/deliberately-hidden-backdoor-account-in.html Exploit
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Jan/63 Exploit
- http://www.amx.com/techcenter/NXSecurityBrief/ Patch
- http://www.amx.com/techcenter/firmware.asp?Category=Hot%20Fix%20Files Patch
- https://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-16-049-02 ics-cert.us-cert.gov
- https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/992624 US Government Resource
- https://www.sec-consult.com/fxdata/seccons/prod/temedia/advisories_txt/20160121-0_AMX_Deliberately_hidden_backdoor_account_v10.txt Exploit
- http://blog.sec-consult.com/2016/01/deliberately-hidden-backdoor-account-in.html Exploit
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Jan/63 Exploit
- http://www.amx.com/techcenter/NXSecurityBrief/ Patch
- http://www.amx.com/techcenter/firmware.asp?Category=Hot%20Fix%20Files Patch
- https://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-16-049-02 ics-cert.us-cert.gov
- https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/992624 US Government Resource
- https://www.sec-consult.com/fxdata/seccons/prod/temedia/advisories_txt/20160121-0_AMX_Deliberately_hidden_backdoor_account_v10.txt Exploit