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CVE-2024-8448

PLANET Technology switch devices - Remote privilege escalation using hard-coded credentials

Published: Sep 30, 2024Updated: Oct 4, 2024 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-798
8.8HIGH
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
0.5%
Top 59.7%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available
Self-Check
Not available

Description

Certain switch models from PLANET Technology have a hard-coded credential in the specific command-line interface, allowing remote attackers with regular privilege to log in with this credential and obtain a Linux root shell.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LPR:LUI:NS:UC:HI:HA:H
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:LPrivileges Required
Low
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:HConfidentiality
High
I:HIntegrity
High
A:HAvailability
High
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Weaknesses

CWE-798

Affected Products

planet
commercial
gs-4210-24p2s firmwareEmbeddedFirmware
Networking Infrastructure / router-switch
gs-4210-24pl4c firmwareEmbeddedFirmware
Networking Infrastructure / router-switch
PLANET Technology
commercialaka gs-4210-24pl4c hardware 2.0, planet wgs-804hpt, gs-4210-24p2s hardware 3.0
GS-4210-24PL4C hardware 2.0On-prem
Networking Infrastructure / router-switch
GS-4210-24P2S hardware 3.0On-prem
Networking Infrastructure / router-switch

Exploitability

Official Patch Available
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Attack Graph

Products CVE Techniques Tactics

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MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques
Credential Access
Initial Access
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References

https://www.twcert.org.tw/en/cp-139-8046-057c2-2.html
twcert.org.tw
https://www.twcert.org.tw/tw/cp-132-8045-a2804-1.html
twcert.org.tw

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