Meross MSS110 up to 1.1.23 Telnet Service hard-coded credentials

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Meross MSS110 up to 1.1.23. The impacted element is an unknown function of the component Telnet Service. Such manipulation leads to hard-coded credentials. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2018-6401. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

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A vulnerability was found in Meross MSS110 up to 1.1.23. It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown function of the component Telnet Service. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a hard-coded credentials vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to 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. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Meross MSS110 devices before 1.1.24 contain a TELNET listener providing access for an undocumented admin account with a blank password.

The bug was discovered 01/29/2018. The weakness was presented 05/02/2018 (Website). The advisory is available at garrettmiller.github.io. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2018-6401 since 01/29/2018. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1110.001 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 93 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k.

Upgrading to version 1.1.24 eliminates this vulnerability.

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• Meross

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• MSS110

Version

• 1.1.0
• 1.1.1
• 1.1.2
• 1.1.3
• 1.1.4
• 1.1.5
• 1.1.6
• 1.1.7
• 1.1.8
• 1.1.9
• 1.1.10
• 1.1.11
• 1.1.12
• 1.1.13
• 1.1.14
• 1.1.15
• 1.1.16
• 1.1.17
• 1.1.18
• 1.1.19
• 1.1.20
• 1.1.21
• 1.1.22
• 1.1.23

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