CVE-2023-43845 (GCVE-0-2023-43845)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-05-28 18:17 – Updated: 2025-02-13 15:46
VLAI
Summary
Aten PE6208 2.3.228 and 2.4.232 have default credentials for the privileged telnet account. The user is not asked to change the credentials after first login. If not changed, attackers can log in to the telnet console and gain administrator privileges.
Severity
9.8 (Critical)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: poc Automatable: yes Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
  • n/a
  • CWE-269 - Improper Privilege Management
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
aten pe6208 Affected: 2.3.228
    cpe:2.3:a:aten:pe6208:2.3.228:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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aten pe6208 Affected: 2.4.232
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