8.8
HIGH
CVE-2016-10401
ZyXEL PK5001Z Default Administrator Password Weakness
Description

ZyXEL PK5001Z devices have zyad5001 as the su password, which makes it easier for remote attackers to obtain root access if a non-root account password is known (or a non-root default account exists within an ISP's deployment of these devices).

INFO

Published Date :

July 25, 2017, 6:29 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 3, 2017, 1:29 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

5.9

Exploitability Score :

2.8
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2016-10401 has a 3 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2016-10401 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 Zyxel pk5001z_firmware
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2016-10401.

URL Resource
https://forum.openwrt.org/viewtopic.php?id=62266 Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43105/

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

No Cap

Updated: 1 year, 9 months ago
1 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Feb. 2, 2023, 1:30 p.m. This repo has been linked 4 different CVEs too.

A number of exploits and tools I've written for CVEs accredited to Marshall Whittaker/oxagast

Shell C Perl Ruby

Updated: 3 years, 10 months ago
0 stars 3 fork 3 watcher
Born at : Jan. 1, 2021, 4:01 a.m. This repo has been linked 6 different CVEs too.

A number of exploits and tools I've written for CVEs accredited to Marshall Whittaker/oxagast

exploits exploitation sploit cve-2006-3392 cve-2010-2626 cve-2016-10401 cve-2018-17336 cve-2019-12881 cve-2019-15947 cve-2017-5816 cve-2021-3560 cve-2023-38941 cve-2024-23828 cve-2023-48251

Shell C Perl Ruby Python PowerShell HTML Roff TeX Batchfile

Updated: 2 months, 4 weeks ago
20 stars 3 fork 3 watcher
Born at : June 27, 2019, 4:04 p.m. This repo has been linked 8 different CVEs too.

Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.

The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2016-10401 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2016-10401 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 03, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43105/ [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Aug. 10, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C)
    Added CVSS V3 AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://forum.openwrt.org/viewtopic.php?id=62266 No Types Assigned https://forum.openwrt.org/viewtopic.php?id=62266 Exploit, Third Party Advisory
    Added CWE CWE-255
    Added CPE Configuration AND OR *cpe:2.3:o:zyxel:pk5001z_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR cpe:2.3:h:zyxel:pk5001z:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2016-10401 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2016-10401 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

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

94.12 }} -0.71%

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0.98853

percentile

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