CVE-2017-9132 describes a hard-coded credentials vulnerability in Mimosa Client Radios, Backhaul Radios, and Access Points running Mosquitto before version 2.2.3. An attacker can leverage these credentials to connect to the message broker, intercepting inter-device communications and potentially extracting sensitive client information like serial numbers, which could enable remote factory resets. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 7.5 (HIGH), indicating a network-based attack with low complexity and high confidentiality impact. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 2.2.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:mimosa:backhaul_radios:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
<= 2.2.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:mimosa:client_radios:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
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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.