CVE-2015-8362

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Summary

CVECVE-2015-8362
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2016-01-22 11:59:03 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
DescriptionThe 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.0 9.8 CRITICAL from [email protected]

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Problem Types: CWE-255 | n/a

VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.0[email protected]Primary9.8CRITICALCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
2.0[email protected]Primary10AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS v3.0 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Harman Amx Firmware 1.2.322 All All All
Operating System Harman Amx Firmware 1.3.100 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
SEC Consult: Deliberately hidden backdoor account in several AMX (HARMAN Professional) devices af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 blog.sec-consult.com Exploit
The page you were looking for doesn't exist (404) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.amx.com
Vulnerability Lab - SEC Consult af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.sec-consult.com Exploit
Full Disclosure: SEC Consult SA-20160121-0 :: Deliberately hidden backdoor account in AMX (Harman Professional) devices af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 seclists.org Exploit
AMX Multiple Products Credential Management Vulnerabilities | ICS-CERT af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 ics-cert.us-cert.gov
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Multiple AMX Products CVE-2015-8362 Hardcoded Credentials Security Bypass Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
AMX Trade Site : Firmware Files af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.amx.com
Vulnerability Note VU#992624 - Harman AMX multimedia devices contain hard-coded credentials af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.kb.cert.org US Government Resource
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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