CVE-2024-42639
CRITICAL
Published 2024-08-16T00:00:00.000Z
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CVSS Score
V3.1
9.8
/10
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Base Score Metrics
Exploitability: N/A
Impact: N/A
EPSS Score
v2025.03.14
0.002
probability
of exploitation in the wild
There is a 0.2% chance that this vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days.
Updated: 2025-06-25
Exploit Probability
Percentile: 0.449
Higher than 44.9% of all CVEs
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Impact Metrics
Description
H3C GR1100-P v100R009 was discovered to use a hardcoded password in /etc/shadow, which allows attackers to log in as root.
Available Exploits
No exploits available for this CVE.
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GitHub Security Advisories
Community-driven vulnerability intelligence from GitHub
⚠ Unreviewed
CRITICAL
GHSA-65q8-wrmh-rrcm
Advisory Details
H3C GR1100-P v100R009 was discovered to use a hardcoded password in /etc/shadow, which allows attackers to log in as root.
CVSS Scoring
CVSS Score
9.0
CVSS Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
References
Advisory provided by GitHub Security Advisory Database. Published: August 16, 2024, Modified: August 19, 2024
References
Published: 2024-08-16T00:00:00.000Z
Last Modified: 2025-03-20T13:33:38.169Z
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