Vulnerabilities > CVE-2015-3959 - Local Security Bypass vulnerability in GarrettCom Magnum 6K and 10K Switches Hardcoded Credentials

047910
CVSS 7.2 - HIGH
Attack vector
LOCAL
Attack complexity
LOW
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
COMPLETE
Integrity impact
COMPLETE
Availability impact
COMPLETE
local
low complexity
garrettcom

Summary

The firmware in MNS before 4.5.6 on Belden GarrettCom Magnum 6K and Magnum 10K switches has a hardcoded serial-console password for a privileged account, which might allow physically proximate attackers to obtain access by establishing a console session to a nonstandard installation on which this account is enabled, and leveraging knowledge of this password. <a href="http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/798.html" target="_blank">CWE-798: Use of Hard-coded Credentials</a>

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
OS
Garrettcom
2