CVE-2016-10305 describes a critical vulnerability in various Trango Apex, Giga, and StrataLink devices, affecting versions up to 2.1.1, 2.6.1, and 3.0 respectively, among others. It involves a hidden, built-in root account with a default password, previously exposed in cleartext within a software update package. This account, accessible via SSH and/or TELNET, grants full control over the device's underlying embedded UNIX OS. The vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 9.8 (CRITICAL), indicating it can be exploited remotely over the network with low complexity, requiring no user interaction, and leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Its FAUCET Risk Score is 78/100. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, nor are there known public exploits available in Metasploit, Nuclei, or ExploitDB. The vulnerability has received minimal community discussion and media coverage, suggesting a low level of public awareness or active threat intelligence.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 3.2.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:gotrango:apex_plus_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
<= 2.1.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:gotrango:apex_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
<= 1.2.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:gotrango:apex_lynx_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
<= 1.2.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:gotrango:apex_orion_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
<= 2.6.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:gotrango:giga_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.