CVE-2016-2360 describes a critical vulnerability in Milesight IP security cameras and their firmware, where a hardcoded, default root password exists in the /etc/shadow file across all installations. This flaw allows unauthenticated attackers to remotely gain full control (confidentiality, integrity, and availability) of affected devices with low attack complexity. Despite its critical CVSS score of 9.8, there is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 2016-11-14CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:milesight:ip_security_camera_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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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.