Unauthenticated administrative access via hard-coded credentials
Published Jul 19, 2021 · Updated Sep 17, 2024
Hard-coded credentials in Dell S4100 and S5200 Series switches made before February 2020 allow remote attackers to gain administrative privileges. Dell has not disclosed the credential, affected authentication interface, or code path that accepts it. No prior authentication or user interaction is required; successful use grants administrative control of the switch.
Summary
What happened
Hard-coded credentials in Dell S4100 and S5200 Series switches made before February 2020 allow remote attackers to gain administrative privileges. Dell has not disclosed the credential, affected authentication interface, or code path that accepts it. No prior authentication or user interaction is required; successful use grants administrative control of the switch.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2020-5349
- Published
- Jul 19, 2021
- Updated
- Sep 17, 2024
- Vendor
- Unknown vendor
- Product
- Unknown product
- Classifications
- CWE-798, T1078
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Jul 19, 2021CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Sep 17, 2024Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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