3.3
LOW
CVE-2014-8243
Linksys SMART WiFi Firmware Password Hash Disclosure
Description

Linksys SMART WiFi firmware on EA2700 and EA3500 devices; before 2.1.41 build 162351 on E4200v2 and EA4500 devices; before 1.1.41 build 162599 on EA6200 devices; before 1.1.40 build 160989 on EA6300, EA6400, EA6500, and EA6700 devices; and before 1.1.42 build 161129 on EA6900 devices allows remote attackers to obtain the administrator's MD5 password hash via a direct request for the /.htpasswd URI.

INFO

Published Date :

Nov. 1, 2014, 10:55 a.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 4, 2014, 2:38 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

No

Impact Score :

2.9

Exploitability Score :

6.5
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2014-8243 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Linksys ea6500_firmware
2 Linksys ea6500
3 Linksys ea4500_firmware
4 Linksys ea4500
5 Linksys ea6400_firmware
6 Linksys ea6400
7 Linksys e4200v2_firmware
8 Linksys e4200v2
9 Linksys ea6300_firmware
10 Linksys ea6300
11 Linksys ea6900_firmware
12 Linksys ea6900
13 Linksys ea2700_firmware
14 Linksys ea2700
15 Linksys ea3500_firmware
16 Linksys ea3500
17 Linksys ea6200_firmware
18 Linksys ea6200
19 Linksys ea6700_firmware
20 Linksys ea6700
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL Resource
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/447516 Exploit Patch Third Party Advisory US Government Resource

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CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

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Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.44 }} 0.13%

score

0.71831

percentile

CVSS2 - Vulnerability Scoring System
Access Vector
Access Complexity
Authentication
Confidentiality
Integrity
Availability