CVE-2016-10401 describes a critical vulnerability in ZyXEL PK5001Z devices, where a hardcoded "zyad5001" password for the 'su' command allows remote attackers to gain root access if a non-root account password is known or a default non-root account exists. This vulnerability carries a high CVSS score of 8.8, indicating a network-based attack with low complexity, requiring only low privileges, and leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not on the KEV catalog, exploit code is publicly available via ExploitDB (EDB-43105), and it has garnered significant community discussion and media coverage, including its association with Mirai and "Hide 'N Seek" IoT botnet activity.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:zyxel:pk5001z_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
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.