Carlosgavazzi Eos-box Photovoltaic Monitoring System prior 1.0.0 Firmware credentials management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Carlosgavazzi Eos-box Photovoltaic Monitoring System and classified as critical. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component Firmware. Such manipulation leads to credentials management. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2012-6428. No exploit exists. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Carlosgavazzi Eos-box Photovoltaic Monitoring System. It has been rated as very critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown code of the component Firmware. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a credentials management vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-255. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Carlo Gavazzi EOS-Box with firmware before 1.0.0.1080_2.1.10 establishes multiple hardcoded accounts, which makes it easier for remote attackers to obtain administrative access by reading a password in a PHP script, a similar issue to CVE-2012-5862.

The weakness was disclosed 12/23/2012 (Website). The advisory is available at us-cert.gov. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2012-6428 since 12/18/2012. The exploitation is known to be easy. 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. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 07/02/2025). This vulnerability is assigned to T1552 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

Upgrading to version 1.0.0 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2012-6283). The entry VDB-63241 is pretty similar. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 9.8
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Credentials management
CWE: CWE-255
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Eos-box Photovoltaic Monitoring System 1.0.0

Timelineinfo

12/18/2012 🔍
12/23/2012 +5 days 🔍
12/23/2012 +0 days 🔍
03/24/2015 +821 days 🔍
07/02/2025 +3753 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: us-cert.gov
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2012-6428 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2012-6428
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-63242
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Entryinfo

Created: 03/24/2015 12:22
Updated: 07/02/2025 03:50
Changes: 03/24/2015 12:22 (42), 02/07/2018 07:43 (6), 07/01/2025 23:05 (19), 07/02/2025 03:50 (8)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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