Vulnerability in Jtechdigital H.264 Iptv Encoder 1080p\@60hz

CVE-2020-24215

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.

EPSS: 0.198 (97.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

  • cve@mitre.org (US Government Resource, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
  • cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
  • cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-24215?
CVE-2020-24215 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Jtechdigital H.264 Iptv Encoder 1080p\@60hz, classified under Use of Hard-coded Credentials. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2020-10-06.
How severe is CVE-2020-24215?
Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2020-24215 known to be exploited?
3 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.