THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2018-16158
CRITICAL SEVERITY

CVE-2018-16158

Power Xpert Meter 4000 Firmware vulnerability

CVSS
9.8
EPSS
34.9%
EPSS pct
98th
Exploited
No known
Eaton Power Xpert Meter 4000, 6000, and 8000 devices before 13.4.0.10 have a single SSH private key across different customers' installations and do not properly restrict access to this key, which makes it easier for remote attackers to perform SSH logins (to uid 0) via the PubkeyAuthentication option.
Affected vendor
Eaton
Affected product
Power Xpert Meter 4000 Firmware
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-798 — Use of Hard-coded Credentials
Published
2018-08-30

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 34.9% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 98% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2018-16158

  • Confirm whether Eaton Power Xpert Meter 4000 Firmware is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2018-16158.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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