CVE-2022-36159

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

CWE-798 Use of Hard-coded Credentials

Publication date:

26/09/2022

Last modified:

21/05/2025

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.

Impact

Vector 3.x

CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 8.80 HIGH
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector (AV): Adjacent
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): High
Integrity (I): High
Availability (A): High

Base Score 3.x

8.80

Severity 3.x

HIGH

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:o:contec:fxa3000_firmware::::::::		1.13.00 (including)
cpe:2.3:h:contec:fxa3000:-:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:contec:fxa3020_firmware::::::::		1.13.00 (including)
cpe:2.3:h:contec:fxa3020:-:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:contec:fxa3200_firmware::::::::		1.13.00 (including)
cpe:2.3:h:contec:fxa3200:-:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:contec:fxa2000_firmware::::::::		1.39.00 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:h:contec:fxa2000:-:::::::*

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:o:contec:fxa3000_firmware::::::::		1.13.00 (including)
cpe:2.3:h:contec:fxa3000:-:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:contec:fxa3020_firmware::::::::		1.13.00 (including)
cpe:2.3:h:contec:fxa3020:-:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:contec:fxa3200_firmware::::::::		1.13.00 (including)
cpe:2.3:h:contec:fxa3200:-:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:contec:fxa2000_firmware::::::::		1.39.00 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:h:contec:fxa2000:-:::::::*

CVE-2022-36159

Description

Impact

Vulnerable products and versions

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools