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critical 9.8

CVE-2020-15833 json

An issue was discovered on Mofi Network MOFI4500-4GXeLTE 4.1.5-std devices.

published 5y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2020-7815

cvss
9.8
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.7%
EPSS 1.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 76%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

An issue was discovered on Mofi Network MOFI4500-4GXeLTE 4.1.5-std devices. The Dropbear SSH daemon has been modified to accept an alternate hard-coded path to a public key that allows root access. This key is stored in a /rom location that cannot be modified by the device owner.

Patch / fix

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Exploit prediction

1.67% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 76% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

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

Sources

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