Overview
The Netmaster CBW700N wireless cable modem enables remote SNMP public access by default
Description
CWE-200 - Information Exposure The Netmaster CBW700N wireless cable modem running software version 81.447.392110.729.024 was found to expose sensitive information such as username, password, and wifi keys via the SNMP public community string. |
Impact
A remote unauthenticated attacker may be able to retrieve the username, password, and other sensitive information about the device. |
Solution
The CERT/CC is currently unaware of a practical solution to this problem. |
Vendor Information
259548
CVSS Metrics
| Group | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|
| Base | 5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N |
| Temporal | 4.3 | E:F/RL:U/RC:UC |
| Environmental | 4.5 | CDP:LM/TD:M/CR:ND/IR:ND/AR:ND |
References
Acknowledgements
Thanks to Deral Heiland of Rapid7, Inc. for reporting this vulnerability.
This document was written by Chris King.
Other Information
| CVE IDs: | CVE-2014-4862 |
| Date Public: | 2014-08-21 |
| Date First Published: | 2014-09-04 |
| Date Last Updated: | 2014-09-04 14:07 UTC |
| Document Revision: | 16 |