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Inadequate Encryption Strength

CVE-2017-14262

High
8.1/10

Summary

On Samsung NVR devices, remote attackers can read the MD5 password hash of the 'admin' account via certain szUserName JSON data to cgi-bin/main-cgi, and login to the device with that hash in the szUserPasswd parameter.

  • HIGH
  • NETWORK
  • HIGH
  • UNCHANGED
  • NONE
  • NONE
  • HIGH
  • HIGH

CWE-326 - Inadequate Encryption Strength

The software stores or transmits sensitive data using an encryption scheme that is theoretically sound, but is not strong enough for the level of protection required.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published