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A vulnerability was found in Cobham Aviator 700e. It has been declared as problematic. This vulnerability affects unknown code. The manipulation leads to credentials management. This vulnerability was named CVE-2014-2942. There is no exploit available. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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A vulnerability was found in Cobham Aviator 700e (version now known). It has been classified as critical. This affects some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a credentials management vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-255. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Cobham Aviator 700D and 700E satellite terminals use an improper algorithm for PIN codes, which makes it easier for attackers to obtain a privileged terminal session by calculating the superuser code, and then leveraging physical access or terminal access to enter this code.

The weakness was published 09/22/2014 as confirmed advisory (CERT.org). The advisory is shared at kb.cert.org. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2014-2942 since 04/21/2014. The exploitability is told to be easy. An attack has to be approached locally. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1552 for this issue.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

Similar entry is available at VDB-70631. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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• Aviator 700e

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