CVE-2016-1984

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    CVE-2016-1984

    Published: 22 Jan 2016Last Modified: 10 Mar 2026

    Summary:

    Details: The setUpSubtleUserAccount function in /bin/bw on Harman AMX devices before 2016-01-20 has a hardcoded password for the 1MB@tMaN account, which makes it easier for remote attackers to obtain access via a (1) SSH or (2) HTTP session, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-8362.

    References: , https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/992624, https://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-16-049-02, http://www.amx.com/techcenter/NXSecurityBrief/, http://www.amx.com/techcenter/firmware.asp?Category=Hot%20Fix%20Files, http://blog.sec-consult.com/2016/01/deliberately-hidden-backdoor-account-in.html, http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Jan/63, https://www.sec-consult.com/fxdata/seccons/prod/temedia/advisories_txt/20160121-0_AMX_Deliberately_hidden_backdoor_account_v10.txt

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    Events:

    Introduced- None
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    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
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    User Interaction
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    Scope
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    Confidentiality
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    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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