CVE-2015-3959 describes a critical vulnerability in Belden GarrettCom Magnum 6K and 10K switches, specifically in firmware versions prior to 4.5.6. The flaw involves a hardcoded serial-console password for a privileged account, allowing physically proximate attackers to gain full access to the device. With a CVSS score of 7.2, this vulnerability presents a high risk due to its low attack complexity and complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or Metasploit modules, the vulnerability has received limited community discussion and media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 4.5.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:garrettcom:magnum_10k_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
<= 4.5.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:garrettcom:magnum_6k_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
No social media mentions found for this CVE.
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The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.