Vulnerability in Swisscom Internet-Box 2
CVE-2020-16134
An issue was discovered on Swisscom Internet Box 2, Internet Box Standard, Internet Box Plus prior to 10.04.38, Internet Box 3 prior to 11.01.20, and Internet Box light prior to 08.06.06. Given the (user-configurable) credentials for the local Web interface or physical access to a device's plus or reset button, an attacker can create a user with elevated privileges on the Sysbus-API. This can then be used to modify local or remote SSH access, thus allowing a login session as the superuser.
EPSS: 0.008 (53.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 8.0 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
Affected products
- Swisscom Internet-box_2
- Swisscom Internet-box_2_firmware
- Swisscom Internet-box_3
- Swisscom Internet-box_3_firmware
- Swisscom Internet-box_light
- Swisscom Internet-box_light_firmware
- Swisscom Internet-box_plus
- Swisscom Internet-box_plus_firmware
- Swisscom Internet-box_standard
- Swisscom Internet-box_standard_firmware
References
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2020-16134?
- CVE-2020-16134 is a high-severity vulnerability in Swisscom Internet-Box 2. CVSS score: 8.0/10. Published 2020-08-04.
- How severe is CVE-2020-16134?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.0 out of 10.