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CVE-2016-1984

25
FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-1984 describes a critical vulnerability in Harman AMX devices, specifically affecting firmware versions prior to 2016-01-20. The flaw, a hardcoded password for the "1MB@tMaN" account in the setUpSubtleUserAccount function, allows remote attackers to gain full access via SSH or HTTP. With a CVSS score of 9.8 (CRITICAL), this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low attack complexity, leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While no public exploit code or active exploitation has been observed, and community discussion is minimal, the inherent risk remains high due to the ease of access it provides.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.2.322CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:harman:amx_firmware:1.2.322:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.3.100CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:harman:amx_firmware:1.3.100:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

9.8CRITICAL

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
4.05%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
89.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0405 is in the 83rd percentile among its peer group of 36,833 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

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.

Media 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

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

blog.sec-consult.com / 2016/01/deliberately-hidden-backdoor-account-in.html
Exploit
seclists.org / fulldisclosure/2016/Jan/63
Exploit
ics-cert.us-cert.gov / advisories/ICSA-16-049-02
kb.cert.org / vuls/id/992624
US Government Resource
sec-consult.com / fxdata/seccons/prod/temedia/advisories_txt/20160121-0_AMX_Deliberately_hidden_backdoor_account_v10.txt
Exploit
amx.com / techcenter/firmware.asp
Patch
amx.com / techcenter/NXSecurityBrief
Patch