AdRem NetCrunch 10.6.0.4587 has a hardcoded SSL private key vulnerability in the NetCrunch web client.

published 2020-12-16 5y ago modified 2026-06-17 4mo ago also EUVD-2019-5667

cvss: 9.8; version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 1.8%; EPSS 1.8% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 78%
public exploits: 0; none known

AdRem NetCrunch 10.6.0.4587 has a hardcoded SSL private key vulnerability in the NetCrunch web client. The same hardcoded SSL private key is used across different customers' installations when no other SSL certificate is installed, which allows remote attackers to defeat cryptographic protection mechanisms by leveraging knowledge of this key from another installation.

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Exploit prediction

1.80% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 78% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

compass-security.com https://compass-security.com/fileadmin/Research/Advisories/2020-16_CSNC-2019-017_AdRem_NetCrunch_Hardcoded_SSL_Private_Key.txt referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	3.1	9.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	2.0	10.0	AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Classification

Weakness

CWE-798 Use of Hard-coded Credentials

References

compass-security.com /fileadmin/Research/Advisories/2020-16_CSNC-2019-017_AdRem_NetCrunch_Hardcoded_SSL_Private_Key.txt
exploit, technical-description, third-party-advisory
adremsoft.com /support/
product

Sources

CVE List CVE-2019-14482
NVD CVE-2019-14482

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