CVE-2019-15801
An issue was discovered on Zyxel GS1900 devices with firmware before 2.50(AAHH.0)C0. The firmware image contains encrypted passwords that are used to authenticate users wishing to access a diagnostics or password-recovery menu. Using the hardcoded cryptographic key found elsewhere in the firmware, these passwords can be decrypted. This is related to fds_sys_passDebugPasswd_ret() and fds_sys_passRecoveryPasswd_ret() in libfds.so.0.0.
- Score
- CVSS 3.1 7.5 High
- Status
- Modified - cve@mitre.org
- Published
- 2019-11-14
- Last modified
- 2024-08-05
- Weaknesses
- CWE-798
Affected products
- Gs1900-10hp Firmware (Zyxel)
- Gs1900-16 Firmware (Zyxel)
- Gs1900-24 Firmware (Zyxel)
- Gs1900-24e Firmware (Zyxel)
- Gs1900-24hp Firmware (Zyxel)
- Gs1900-48 Firmware (Zyxel)
- Gs1900-48hp Firmware (Zyxel)
- Gs1900-8 Firmware (Zyxel)
- Gs1900-8hp Firmware (Zyxel)
References
- https://jasper.la/exploring-zyxel-gs1900-firmware-with-ghidra.html
- https://www.zyxel.com/support/gs1900-switch-vulnerabilities.shtml