Root access via firmware-embedded hard-coded credentials
Published May 22, 2023 · Updated Jan 16, 2025
Hard-coded credentials in affected BirdDog camera and encoder firmware allow local users to gain unauthorized root access. The firmware images contain files with reusable credentials, and public sources do not identify the files or the access service that accepts them. Exploitation requires local access under the CNA assessment; successful use grants full root control of the appliance.
Summary
What happened
Hard-coded credentials in affected BirdDog camera and encoder firmware allow local users to gain unauthorized root access. The firmware images contain files with reusable credentials, and public sources do not identify the files or the access service that accepts them. Exploitation requires local access under the CNA assessment; successful use grants full root control of the appliance.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2023-2504
- Published
- May 22, 2023
- Updated
- Jan 16, 2025
- Vendor
- BirdDog
- Product
- EYES A300
- Classifications
- CWE-798, T1078
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- May 22, 2023CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Jan 16, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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- Affected versionversion=3.4
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