OpenCVE

An issue was discovered in Peplink Balance Two before 8.4.0. Console port authentication uses hard-coded credentials, which allows an attacker with physical access and sufficient knowledge to execute arbitrary commands as root.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Physical

Attack Complexity High

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.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Peplink	Balance Two Balance Two Firmware

Configuration 1 [-]

AND

cpe:2.3:o:peplink:balance_two_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:h:peplink:balance_two:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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References

Link	Providers
https://www.synacktiv.com/publications%253Ffield_tags_target_id%253D4
https://www.synacktiv.com/sites/default/files/2023-12/synacktiv-peplink-multiple-vulnerabilities.pdf

History

No history.

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2023-12-28T00:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-02T21:53:45.590Z

Reserved: 2023-11-24T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2023-49228

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-12-28T04:15:08.023

Modified: 2024-11-21T08:33:03.993

Link: CVE-2023-49228

Redhat

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