Privilege escalation via unverified support-server certificate
Published Apr 13, 2021 · Updated Aug 3, 2024
Improper certificate validation in Motorola MH702x firmware before 2.0.0.301 allows man-in-the-middle attackers to access support traffic. The device's support-server client accepts a server certificate without properly validating it, leaving the outbound management channel open to interception. Exploitation requires a network position capable of intercepting support-server communications; the vendor identifies privilege escalation as the potential impact.
Summary
What happened
Improper certificate validation in Motorola MH702x firmware before 2.0.0.301 allows man-in-the-middle attackers to access support traffic. The device's support-server client accepts a server certificate without properly validating it, leaving the outbound management channel open to interception. Exploitation requires a network position capable of intercepting support-server communications; the vendor identifies privilege escalation as the potential impact.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2021-3460
- Published
- Apr 13, 2021
- Updated
- Aug 3, 2024
- Vendor
- MTRLC LLC
- Product
- MH702x
- Classifications
- CWE-295, T1557
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
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- Apr 13, 2021CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Aug 3, 2024Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=unspecified <2.0.0.301
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