THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2016-2230
CRITICAL SEVERITY

CVE-2016-2230

Openelec vulnerability

CVSS
9.8
EPSS
3.6%
EPSS pct
88th
Exploited
No known
OpenELEC and RasPlex devices have a hardcoded password for the root account, which makes it easier for remote attackers to obtain access via an SSH session.
Affected vendor
Openelec
Affected product
Openelec
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness type (CWE)
Published
2016-02-08

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no privileges, no user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to high impact to confidentiality, high impact to integrity, high impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 3.6% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 88% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2016-2230

  • Confirm whether Openelec Openelec is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2016-2230.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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