THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2020-29669
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2020-29669

Wifisd2 2a82 Firmware vulnerability

CVSS
8.8
EPSS
4.9%
EPSS pct
91th
Exploited
No known
In the Macally WIFISD2-2A82 Media and Travel Router 2.000.010, the Guest user is able to reset its own password. This process has a vulnerability which can be used to take over the administrator account and results in shell access. As the admin user may read the /etc/shadow file, the password hashes of each user (including root) can be dumped. The root hash can be cracked easily which results in a complete system compromise.
Affected vendor
Macally
Affected product
Wifisd2 2a82 Firmware
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-287 — Improper Authentication
Published
2020-12-14

Risk analysis

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

Its EPSS score of 4.9% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 91% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2020-29669

  • Confirm whether Macally Wifisd2 2a82 Firmware is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2020-29669.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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