CVE-2016-1560

critical

Published 2017-04-21 · Modified 2026-05-13

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CVSS v3

9.8

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

10.0

Description

ExaGrid appliances with firmware before 4.8 P26 have a default password of (1) inflection for the root shell account and (2) support for the support account in the web interface, which allows remote attackers to obtain administrative access via an SSH or HTTP session.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

97%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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Exploits

Public proof-of-concept code below. AS-IS, for defenders and authorised testing only.

Exploit-DB

EDB-41680 remote linux verified

Metasploit · 2016-04-07

ExaGrid - Known SSH Key and Default Password (Metasploit)

Source code queued for fetch — refresh in a moment.

Metasploit modules

exploit_linux/ssh/exagrid_known_privkey rank 600

ExaGrid Known SSH Key and Default Password

Source fetch failed: fetch_error — view the original via the link above.

References

CWEs

CWE-798

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.