Precor P82 Private SSH Key hard-coded credentials

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A vulnerability was found in Precor P82. It has been declared as very critical. Impacted is an unknown function of the component Private SSH Key Handler. Executing a manipulation can lead to Remote Privilege Escalation. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2023-49222. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit.

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A vulnerability has been found in Precor P82 (version now known) and classified as very critical. This vulnerability affects some unknown processing of the component Private SSH Key Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a remote privilege escalation 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. CVE summarizes:

Precor touchscreen console P82 contains a private SSH key that corresponds to a default public key. A remote attacker could exploit this to gain root privileges.

The advisory is shared for download at securityintelligence.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2023-49222 since 11/24/2023. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $0-$5k (estimation calculated on 09/13/2024). The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1110.001.

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

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• Precor

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• P82

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