CVE-2014-8656

critical
Published 2014-11-06 · Modified 2026-05-06
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
10.0
VIR risk
10.0

Description

The Compal Broadband Networks (CBN) CH6640E and CG6640E Wireless Gateway 1.0 with firmware CH6640-3.5.11.7-NOSH have a default password of (1) admin for the admin account and (2) compalbn for the root account, which makes it easier for remote attackers to obtain access to certain sensitive information via unspecified vectors.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

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Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
compal_broadband_networksfirmwarech6640-3.5.11.7-nosh

References

CWEs

CWE-255

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.