High severity · published Nov 14, 2019
CVE-2019-15799
An issue was discovered on Zyxel GS1900 devices with firmware before 2.50(AAHH.0)C0
8.8
CVSS
2.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
An issue was discovered on Zyxel GS1900 devices with firmware before 2.50(AAHH.0)C0. User accounts created through the web interface of the device, when given non-admin level privileges, have the same level of privileged access as administrators when connecting to the device via SSH (while their permissions via the web interface are in fact restricted). This allows normal users to obtain the administrative password by running the tech-support command via the CLI: this contains the encrypted passwords for all users on the device. As these passwords are encrypted using well-known and static parameters, they can be decrypted and the original passwords (including the administrator password) can be obtained.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)2.3% · higher than 83% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
GF
Gs1900-10hp Firmware · Zyxel
before 2.50\(aazi.0\)c0 · source: NVD
GF
Gs1900-16 Firmware · Zyxel
before 2.50\(aahj.0\)c0 · source: NVD
GF
Gs1900-24 Firmware · Zyxel
before 2.50\(aahl.0\)c0 · source: NVD
GF
Gs1900-24e Firmware · Zyxel
before 2.50\(aahk.0\)c0 · source: NVD
GF
Gs1900-24hp Firmware · Zyxel
before 2.50\(aahm.0\)c0 · source: NVD
GF
Gs1900-48 Firmware · Zyxel
before 2.50\(aahn.0\)c0 · source: NVD
GF
Gs1900-48hp Firmware · Zyxel
before 2.50\(aaho.0\)c0 · source: NVD
GF
Gs1900-8 Firmware · Zyxel
before 2.50\(aahh.0\)c0 · source: NVD
GF
Gs1900-8hp Firmware · Zyxel
before 2.50\(aahi.0\)c0 · source: NVD
Affected product
GF
Gs1900-10hp Firmware
Zyxel
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