Adtecdigital SignEdje Digital Signage Player SSH Interface hard-coded credentials

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A vulnerability was found in Adtecdigital SignEdje Digital Signage Player, mediaHUB HD-Pro High & Standard Definition MPEG2 Encoder, afiniti Multi-Carrier Platform, EN-31 Dual Channel DSNG Encoder , Modulator, EN-210 Multi-CODEC 10-bit Encoder , EN-200 1080p AVC Low Latency Encoder , ED-71 10-bit , 1080p Integrated Receiver Decoder, edje-5110 Standard Definition MPEG2 Encoder, edje-4111 HD Digital Media Player, Soloist HD-Pro Broadcast Decoder and adManage Traffic & Media Management Application. It has been classified as critical. Affected is an unknown function of the component SSH Interface. The manipulation leads to hard-coded credentials. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2020-36915. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available.

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A vulnerability was found in Adtecdigital SignEdje Digital Signage Player, mediaHUB HD-Pro High & Standard Definition MPEG2 Encoder, afiniti Multi-Carrier Platform, EN-31 Dual Channel DSNG Encoder , Modulator, EN-210 Multi-CODEC 10-bit Encoder , EN-200 1080p AVC Low Latency Encoder , ED-71 10-bit , 1080p Integrated Receiver Decoder, edje-5110 Standard Definition MPEG2 Encoder, edje-4111 HD Digital Media Player, Soloist HD-Pro Broadcast Decoder and adManage Traffic & Media Management Application and classified as very critical. This issue affects an unknown code block of the component SSH Interface. 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. The summary by CVE is:

Adtec Digital SignEdje Digital Signage Player v2.08.28 contains multiple hardcoded default credentials that allow unauthenticated remote access to web, telnet, and SSH interfaces. Attackers can exploit these credentials to gain root-level access and execute system commands across multiple Adtec Digital product versions.

The weakness was released by Gjoko Krstic as 48954. The advisory is shared at exploit-db.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2020-36915 since 01/03/2026. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 01/07/2026). MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1110.001 for this issue.

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

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2026-1021). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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• Multimedia Player Software

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• Adtecdigital

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• 1080p Integrated Receiver Decoder
• adManage Traffic & Media Management Application
• afiniti Multi-Carrier Platform
• ED-71 10-bit
• edje-4111 HD Digital Media Player
• edje-5110 Standard Definition MPEG2 Encoder
• EN-31 Dual Channel DSNG Encoder
• EN-200 1080p AVC Low Latency Encoder
• EN-210 Multi-CODEC 10-bit Encoder
• mediaHUB HD-Pro High & Standard Definition MPEG2 Encoder
• Modulator
• SignEdje Digital Signage Player
• Soloist HD-Pro Broadcast Decoder

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