PT-2016-1244 · Harman · Harman Amx

Johannes Greil · Published 2016-01-22 · Updated 2016-12-06 · CVE-2016-1984

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

10

Critical

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Harman AMX devices (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue is related to the setUpSubtleUserAccount function in /bin/bw, which has a hardcoded password for the 1MB@tMaN account. This makes it easier for remote attackers to obtain access via SSH or HTTP sessions.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-255

Related Identifiers

BDU:2016-00505

CVE-2016-1984

Affected Products

Harman Amx

References · 10

• 🔥 http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Jan/63 · Exploit
• 🔥 http://blog.sec-consult.com/2016/01/deliberately-hidden-backdoor-account-in.html · Exploit
• 🔥 https://sec-consult.com/fxdata/seccons/prod/temedia/advisories_txt/20160121-0_AMX_Deliberately_hidden_backdoor_account_v10.txt · Exploit
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-1984 · Vendor Advisory
• http://amx.com/techcenter/NXSecurityBrief · Patch
• http://amx.com/techcenter/firmware.asp?Category=Hot%20Fix%20Files · Patch
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-1984 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2016-00505 · Security Note
• https://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-16-049-02 · Note
• https://kb.cert.org/vuls/id/992624 · Note