CVEvulnerability
CVE-2022-36159
8.8 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2022-09-26
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 8.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 3.1 (134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0)
- 8.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-798
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.
Affected configurations
• contec fxa3000 firmware (<= 1.13.00)
• contec fxa3020 firmware (<= 1.13.00)
• contec fxa3200 firmware (<= 1.13.00)
• contec fxa2000 firmware (< 1.39.00)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-798 Use of Hard-coded Credentials weakness
References
- https://gist.github.com/Nwqda/aac33d1936d2b514a3268f145345abb4 Broken 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-repo Exploit, Mitigation, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.contec.com/products-services/computer-networking/flexlan-fx/fx-accesspoint/fxa3200/feature/#section Product
- https://gist.github.com/Nwqda/aac33d1936d2b514a3268f145345abb4 Broken 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-repo Exploit, Mitigation, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.contec.com/products-services/computer-networking/flexlan-fx/fx-accesspoint/fxa3200/feature/#section Product