CVE-2012-4577
critical
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
10.0
Description
The Linux firmware image on (1) Korenix Jetport 5600 series serial-device servers and (2) ORing Industrial DIN-Rail serial-device servers has a hardcoded password of "password" for the root account, which allows remote attackers to obtain administrative access via an SSH session.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.
✚ Propose a mitigation on Community → Mitigations published via the community go through AI scoring + 2 human reviewers + 7-day silent objection window before landing here withsource_tier=community-verified.
References
- http://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-12-263-02
- http://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-12-297-02
- http://www.digitalbond.com/2012/06/13/korenix-and-oring-insecurity
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55196
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/77992
- http://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-12-263-02
- http://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-12-297-02
- http://www.digitalbond.com/2012/06/13/korenix-and-oring-insecurity
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55196
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/77992
CWEs
CWE-255
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.