CVE-2022-36159 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Contec FXA3200 version 1.13 and under were discovered to contain a hard coded hash password for root stored in the component /etc/shadow. As the password strength is weak, it can be cracked in few minutes. Through this credential, a malicious actor can access the Wireless LAN Manager interface and open the telnet port then sniff the traffic or inject any malware.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Adjacent Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00091.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

Vendors	Products
Contec	Fxa2000 Fxa2000 Firmware Fxa3000 Fxa3000 Firmware Fxa3020 Fxa3020 Firmware Fxa3200 Fxa3200 Firmware

Configuration 1 [-]

AND

cpe:2.3:o:contec:fxa3000_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:h:contec:fxa3000:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 [-]

AND

cpe:2.3:o:contec:fxa3020_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:h:contec:fxa3020:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 3 [-]

AND

cpe:2.3:o:contec:fxa3200_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:h:contec:fxa3200:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 4 [-]

AND

cpe:2.3:o:contec:fxa2000_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:h:contec:fxa2000:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

No data.

No data.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://gist.github.com/Nwqda/aac33d1936d2b514a3268f145345abb4
https://jvn.jp/en/vu/JVNVU98305100/
https://samy.link/blog/contec-flexlan-fxa2000-and-fxa3000-series-vulnerability-repo
https://www.contec.com/products-services/computer-networking/flexlan-fx/fx-accesspoint/fxa3200/feature/#section

History

Wed, 21 May 2025 18:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2022-09-26T10:07:27.000Z

Updated: 2025-05-21T17:55:39.230Z

Reserved: 2022-07-18T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2022-36159

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T10:00:04.266Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-09-26T11:15:09.560

Modified: 2025-05-21T18:15:47.550

Link: CVE-2022-36159

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

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