CVE-2015-3959
Description
The firmware in MNS before 4.5.6 on Belden GarrettCom Magnum 6K and Magnum 10K switches has a hardcoded serial-console password for a privileged account, which might allow physically proximate attackers to obtain access by establishing a console session to a nonstandard installation on which this account is enabled, and leveraging knowledge of this password.
Predictions
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.
✚ Propose a mitigation on Community → Mitigations published via the community go through AI scoring + 2 human reviewers + 7-day silent objection window before landing here withsource_tier=community-verified.
References
- http://www.garrettcom.com/techsupport/MNS6K_R456_Release_Notes.pdf
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75235
- https://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-15-167-01
- http://www.garrettcom.com/techsupport/MNS6K_R456_Release_Notes.pdf
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75235
- https://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-15-167-01
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.