CVE-2016-1560

critical

Published 2017-04-21 · Modified 2026-05-13

CVSS v3

9.8

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v2

10.0

VIR risk

9.8

Description

ExaGrid appliances with firmware before 4.8 P26 have a default password of (1) inflection for the root shell account and (2) support for the support account in the web interface, which allows remote attackers to obtain administrative access via an SSH or HTTP session.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

97%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cret@cert.org — https://community.rapid7.com/community/infosec/blog/2016/04/07/r7-2016-04-exagrid-backdoor-ssh-keys-and-hardcoded-credentials

References

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/136634/ExaGrid-Known-SSH-Key-Default-Password.html
http://www.rapid7.com/db/modules/exploit/linux/ssh/exagrid_known_privkey
https://community.rapid7.com/community/infosec/blog/2016/04/07/r7-2016-04-exagrid-backdoor-ssh-keys-and-hardcoded-credentials
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/136634/ExaGrid-Known-SSH-Key-Default-Password.html
http://www.rapid7.com/db/modules/exploit/linux/ssh/exagrid_known_privkey
https://community.rapid7.com/community/infosec/blog/2016/04/07/r7-2016-04-exagrid-backdoor-ssh-keys-and-hardcoded-credentials

CWEs

CWE-798

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