Weak Password Recovery Mechanism for Forgotten Password in Megarac spx-12 and Megarac spx-13 - CVE-2022-26872

 

Weak Password Recovery Mechanism for Forgotten Password in Megarac spx-12 and Megarac spx-13 - CVE-2022-26872

Published: June 25, 2024


Vulnerability identifier: #VU93228
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-26872
CWE-ID: CWE-640
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: AMI
Affected software:
Megarac spx-12
Megarac spx-13

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to weak password recovery mechanism for forgotten password. A remote unauthenticated attacker can trick the victim into opening a specially crafted file and execute arbitrary code on the target system.


How to mitigate CVE-2022-26872

Install updates from vendor's website.

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