CVE-2023-43870 is a critical vulnerability affecting Paxton Access Net2 software, where the installer embeds a root certificate and its password. An attacker could extract this password from the installer or source code, enabling them to forge certificates and establish a man-in-the-middle proxy to intercept sensitive user traffic. With a CVSS score of 9.8 (Critical), this vulnerability has a low attack complexity and no user interaction required, allowing for complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no evidence of active exploitation or public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), the vulnerability has garnered some community discussion, with one mention comparing it to the "Lenovo Superfish" incident.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 6.02, < 6.07CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:paxton-access:net2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.07CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:paxton-access:net2:6.07:-:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
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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.