AdTran 834-5 HDC17600021F1 (SmartOS 11.1.1.1) devices...
High severity
Unreviewed
Published
Jul 24, 2024
to the GitHub Advisory Database
•
Updated Sep 4, 2024
Description
Published by the National Vulnerability Database
Jul 24, 2024
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database
Jul 24, 2024
Last updated
Sep 4, 2024
AdTran 834-5 HDC17600021F1 (SmartOS 11.1.1.1) devices enable the SSH service by default and have a hidden, undocumented, hard-coded support account whose password is based on the devices MAC address. All of the devices internet interfaces share a similar MAC address that only varies in their final octet. This allows network-adjacent attackers to derive the support user's SSH password by decrementing the final octet of the connected gateway address or via the BSSID. An attacker can then execute arbitrary OS commands with root-level privileges.
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