VDB-11251 · OSVDB 100085 · GCVE-100-11251

Cortexa Automation 7202 Home Automation Controller Default Credentials hard-coded credentials

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as critical has been detected in Cortexa Automation 7202 Home Automation Controller. This impacts an unknown function of the component Default Credentials. This manipulation causes hard-coded credentials. There is not any exploit available. It is advised to implement further authentication.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as very critical was found in Cortexa Automation 7202 Home Automation Controller (Automation Software) (affected version not known). Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown functionality of the component Default Credentials. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a hard-coded credentials vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-798. The product contains hard-coded credentials, such as a password or cryptographic key, which it uses for its own inbound authentication, outbound communication to external components, or encryption of internal data. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The weakness was released 10/24/2013 by Darius Freamon as Cortexa Web Interface Default Credentials as not defined blog post (Blog). It is possible to read the advisory at dariusfreamon.wordpress.com. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 05/15/2018). The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1110.001 according to MITRE ATT&CK. The advisory points out:

You should now be at this login page. Enter admin in the User Name field, and cortexa (the default password) in lowercase letters in the Password field.

It is possible to mitigate the problem by adding an authentication mechanism.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at OSVDB (100085†). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 9.8
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 9.6

VulDB Base Score: 9.8
VulDB Temp Score: 9.6
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Hard-coded credentials
CWE: CWE-798 / CWE-259 / CWE-255
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Authentication
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Timelineinfo

10/24/2013 🔍
11/26/2013 +33 days 🔍
05/15/2018 +1631 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: Cortexa Web Interface Default Credentials
Researcher: Darius Freamon
Status: Not defined

GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-11251
OSVDB: 100085

Entryinfo

Created: 11/26/2013 13:18
Updated: 05/15/2018 10:17
Changes: 11/26/2013 13:18 (42), 05/15/2018 10:17 (2)
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Committer: olku
Cache ID: 216::103

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