Use of Hard-coded Password in Home Network Security - CVE-2021-32459
Published: May 25, 2021 / Updated: June 28, 2021
Vulnerability identifier: #VU53512
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4: 9.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2021-32459
CWE-ID: CWE-259
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise the affected device.
The vulnerability exists due to presence of hard-coded credentials diamond:bahV6AtJqZt4K in the SFTP Log Collection Server feature and are present in the core binary of the HNS device. A remote non-authenticated attacker can login to the affected system and gain access to the sever.
Affected software
Home Network Security
How to mitigate CVE-2021-32459
Install updates from vendor's website.
Home Network Security - update to 6.7.609