CVE-2015-7908 describes a critical vulnerability in Honeywell Midas and Midas Black gas detectors, specifically versions prior to 1.13b3 and 2.13b3 respectively. This flaw allows remote attackers to intercept cleartext passwords via network sniffing, exposing sensitive authentication credentials. With a CVSS score of 9.3 (Critical), the vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with medium attack complexity, leading to 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 and media coverage, indicating awareness of its potential impact.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 1.13b1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:honeywell:midas_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
<= 2.13b1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:honeywell:midas_black_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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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.