VDB-248396 · CVE-2023-43870 · GCVE-0-2023-43870

Paxton Net2 up to 6.07 Root Certificate hard-coded credentials

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability categorized as critical has been discovered in Paxton Net2 up to 6.07. Impacted is an unknown function of the component Root Certificate. Such manipulation leads to hard-coded credentials. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2023-43870. The attack needs to be performed locally. There is not any exploit available. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Paxton Net2 up to 6.07 and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is an unknown functionality of the component Root Certificate. 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. CVE summarizes:

When installing the Net2 software a root certificate is installed into the trusted store. A potential hacker could access the installer batch file or reverse engineer the source code to gain access to the root certificate password. Using the root certificate and password they could then create their own certificates to emulate another site. Then by establishing a proxy service to emulate the site they could monitor traffic passed between the end user and the site allowing access to the data content.

The weakness was released 12/19/2023. The advisory is shared for download at paxton-access.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2023-43870 since 09/25/2023. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1110.001.

Upgrading to version 6.07 SR1 eliminates this vulnerability.

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Productinfo

Vendor

Paxton

Name

Net2

Version

6.07

CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

CVSSv4info

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.8
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.8

VulDB Base Score: 2.5
VulDB Temp Score: 2.4
VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

NVD Base Score: 9.8
NVD Vector: 🔍

CNA Base Score: 8.1
CNA Vector: 🔍

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Hard-coded credentials
CWE: CWE-798 / CWE-259 / CWE-255
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ATT&CK: 🔍

Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
Status: 🔍

0-Day Time: 🔍

Upgrade: Net2 6.07 SR1

Timelineinfo

09/25/2023 🔍
12/19/2023 +85 days 🔍
12/19/2023 +0 days 🔍
01/12/2024 +24 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: paxton-access.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2023-43870 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2023-43870
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-248396

Entryinfo

Created: 12/19/2023 16:38
Updated: 01/12/2024 18:45
Changes: 12/19/2023 16:38 (49), 01/12/2024 18:45 (11)
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