17 August 2018

KLCERT-18-016: Eltex ESR-200 Router Default Password Usage

Vendor

Eltex

Researcher

Alexander Nochvay, Kaspersky ICS CERT

Timeline

Timeline

  • Kaspersky ICS CERT advisory published

    17 August 2018

  • Vendor notified that patch is available

    August 2018

  • First feedback from vendor

    June 2017

Description

An attacker without authentication can login with default credentials for privileged users.

Exploitability

Remotely

Attack complexity

Low

User interaction

None

Impact

An attacker without authentication can get privileged access.

Existence of exploit

Unknown

Affected products

Eltex ESR-200 firmware version 1.2.0

Mitigation

Vendor mitigation

Update firmware: ver 1.3.0

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Timeline

  • Kaspersky ICS CERT advisory published

    17 August 2018

  • Vendor notified that patch is available

    August 2018

  • First feedback from vendor

    June 2017