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critical 9.8

CVE-2020-24215 in the critical feed json

An issue was discovered in the box application on HiSilicon based IPTV/H.264/H.265 video encoders.

published 6y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2020-16950

cvss
9.8
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
19.8%
EPSS 19.8% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 97%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

An issue was discovered in the box application on HiSilicon based IPTV/H.264/H.265 video encoders. Attackers can use hard-coded credentials in HTTP requests to perform any administrative task on the device including retrieving the device's configuration (with the cleartext admin password), and uploading a custom firmware update, to ultimately achieve arbitrary code execution.

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Timeline

  1. Published
  2. First public exploit (EDB-48902)

Exploit prediction

19.76% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 97% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-48902 HiSilicon Video Encoders - Full admin access via backdoor password webapps, 2020-10-19
  • kojenov.com https://kojenov.com/2020-09-15-hisilicon-encoder-vulnerabilities/ referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • packetstormsecurity.com http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/159601/HiSilicon-Video-Encoder-Backdoor-Password.html 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 5.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-798 Use of Hard-coded Credentials

References

Sources

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