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CRITICAL
CVE-2020-24215
HiSilicon Box Ambar sistem-bypass Arbitrary Code Execution
Description

An issue was discovered in the box application on HiSilicon based IPTV/H.264/H.265 video encoders. Attackers can use hard-coded credentials in HTTP requests to perform any administrative task on the device including retrieving the device's configuration (with the cleartext admin password), and uploading a custom firmware update, to ultimately achieve arbitrary code execution.

INFO

Published Date :

Oct. 6, 2020, 1:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 21, 2024, 5:14 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

5.9

Exploitability Score :

3.9
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2020-24215 has a 2 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-2020-24215 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 Szuray iptv\/h.264_video_encoder_firmware
2 Szuray iptv\/h.265_video_encoder_firmware
3 Szuray uaioe264-1u
4 Szuray uce264-1-mini
5 Szuray uce264-1wb-mini
6 Szuray uce264-4-1u
7 Szuray uce264-8-1u
8 Szuray uhae264-16
9 Szuray uhce264-1
10 Szuray uhce264-16p32
11 Szuray uhce264-1p2
12 Szuray uhce264-1p2-1u
13 Szuray uhce264-1s
14 Szuray uhce264-1w
15 Szuray uhce264-1ws
16 Szuray uhce264-4p8
17 Szuray uhe264-1-4k
18 Szuray uhe264-16
19 Szuray uhe264-16l-3u
20 Szuray uhe264-16s-2u
21 Szuray uhe264-1l
22 Szuray uhe264-1l-4k
23 Szuray uhe264-1lw
24 Szuray uhe264-1s
25 Szuray uhe264-1s-mini
26 Szuray uhe264-1w-mini
27 Szuray uhe264-1wb-4g
28 Szuray uhe264-1wb-mini
29 Szuray uhe264-1wbs-2b
30 Szuray uhe264-1wbs-mini
31 Szuray uhe264-1ws-mini
32 Szuray uhe264-2-1u
33 Szuray uhe264-4
34 Szuray uhe264-4-1u
35 Szuray uhe264-4l-1u
36 Szuray uhe264-8
37 Szuray uhe264-8-1u
38 Szuray uhe264-8l-3u
39 Szuray uhe264-8s-2u
40 Szuray use264-16-3u
41 Szuray use264-1l
42 Szuray use264-1l-1u
43 Szuray use264-1l-mini
44 Szuray use264-1lw
45 Szuray use264-1wb-l
46 Szuray use264-4l-1u
47 Szuray use264-8-1u
48 Szuray uve264-1l
49 Szuray uve264-1lw
50 Szuray uaioe265-1u
51 Szuray uhae265-1-mini
52 Szuray uhae265-1wb-mini
53 Szuray uhae265-4-1u
54 Szuray uhe265-1
55 Szuray uhe265-1-1u
56 Szuray uhe265-1-4k
57 Szuray uhe265-1-mini
58 Szuray uhe265-16-3u
59 Szuray uhe265-16l-3u
60 Szuray uhe265-1l
61 Szuray uhe265-1lw
62 Szuray uhe265-1s-4k
63 Szuray uhe265-1s-mini
64 Szuray uhe265-1w
65 Szuray uhe265-1w-4k
66 Szuray uhe265-1w-mini
67 Szuray uhe265-1wb-4g
68 Szuray uhe265-1wb-mini
69 Szuray uhe265-1wbs-mini
70 Szuray uhe265-2-1u
71 Szuray uhe265-4
72 Szuray uhe265-4-1u
73 Szuray uhe265-4s
74 Szuray uhe265-4s-1u
75 Szuray uhe265-8-1u
76 Szuray uhe265-8l-3u
77 Szuray uhe265-8s-1u
78 Szuray uhse265-1u
79 Szuray use265-1-1u
80 Szuray use265-1-mini
81 Szuray use265-16l-3u
82 Szuray use265-1l
83 Szuray use265-1l-1u
84 Szuray use265-1l-mini
85 Szuray use265-1lw
86 Szuray use265-1w-mini
87 Szuray use265-1wb-4g
88 Szuray use265-1wb-l
89 Szuray use265-1wb-mini
90 Szuray use265-2-1u
91 Szuray use265-4-1u
92 Szuray use265-4l-1u
93 Szuray use265-8-1u
94 Szuray uve265-1
95 Szuray uve265-1w
1 Provideoinstruments vecaster-hd-h264_firmware
2 Provideoinstruments vecaster-hd-hevc_firmware
3 Provideoinstruments vecaster-4k-hevc_firmware
4 Provideoinstruments vecaster-hd-sdi_firmware
5 Provideoinstruments vecaster-hd-h264
6 Provideoinstruments vecaster-hd-hevc
7 Provideoinstruments vecaster-4k-hevc
8 Provideoinstruments vecaster-hd-sdi
1 Jtechdigital h.264_iptv_encoder_1080p\@60hz_firmware
2 Jtechdigital h.264_iptv_encoder_1080p\@60hz
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-2020-24215.

URL Resource
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/159601/HiSilicon-Video-Encoder-Backdoor-Password.html Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://kojenov.com/2020-09-15-hisilicon-encoder-vulnerabilities/ Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/896979 Third Party Advisory US Government Resource
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/159601/HiSilicon-Video-Encoder-Backdoor-Password.html Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://kojenov.com/2020-09-15-hisilicon-encoder-vulnerabilities/ Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/896979 Third Party Advisory US Government Resource

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).

VulWiki

Updated: 2 months ago
203 stars 72 fork 72 watcher
Born at : Oct. 13, 2020, 4 a.m. This repo has been linked 17 different CVEs too.

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Shell

Updated: 2 months, 4 weeks ago
18 stars 2 fork 2 watcher
Born at : Sept. 20, 2020, 2:44 a.m. This repo has been linked 4 different CVEs too.

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2020-24215 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2020-24215 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 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/159601/HiSilicon-Video-Encoder-Backdoor-Password.html
    Added Reference https://kojenov.com/2020-09-15-hisilicon-encoder-vulnerabilities/
    Added Reference https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/896979
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Oct. 20, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 NIST (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Changed Reference Type http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/159601/HiSilicon-Video-Encoder-Backdoor-Password.html No Types Assigned http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/159601/HiSilicon-Video-Encoder-Backdoor-Password.html Exploit, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://kojenov.com/2020-09-15-hisilicon-encoder-vulnerabilities/ No Types Assigned https://kojenov.com/2020-09-15-hisilicon-encoder-vulnerabilities/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/896979 No Types Assigned https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/896979 Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
    Added CWE NIST CWE-798
    Added CPE Configuration AND OR *cpe:2.3:o:szuray:iptv\/h.264_video_encoder_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR cpe:2.3:h:szuray:uaioe264-1u:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:h:szuray:uce264-1-mini:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:h:szuray:uce264-1wb-mini:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:h:szuray:uce264-4-1u:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:h:szuray:uce264-8-1u:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:h:szuray:uhae264-16:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:h:szuray:uhce264-1:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:h:szuray:uhce264-16p32:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:h:szuray:uhce264-1p2:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:h:szuray:uhce264-1p2-1u:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:h:szuray:uhce264-1s:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:h:szuray:uhce264-1w:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:h:szuray:uhce264-1ws:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:h:szuray:uhce264-4p8:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:h:szuray:uhe264-1-4k:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:h:szuray:uhe264-16:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:h:szuray:uhe264-16l-3u:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:h:szuray:uhe264-16s-2u:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:h:szuray:uhe264-1l:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:h:szuray:uhe264-1l-4k:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:h:szuray:uhe264-1lw:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:h:szuray:uhe264-1s:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:h:szuray:uhe264-1s-mini:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:h:szuray:uhe264-1w-mini:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:h:szuray:uhe264-1wb-4g:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:h:szuray:uhe264-1wb-mini:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:h:szuray:uhe264-1wbs-2b:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:h:szuray:uhe264-1wbs-mini:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:h:szuray:uhe264-1ws-mini:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:h:szuray:uhe264-2-1u:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:h:szuray:uhe264-4:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:h:szuray:uhe264-4-1u:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:h:szuray:uhe264-4l-1u:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:h:szuray:uhe264-8:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:h:szuray:uhe264-8-1u:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:h:szuray:uhe264-8l-3u:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:h:szuray:uhe264-8s-2u:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:h:szuray:use264-16-3u:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:h:szuray:use264-1l:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:h:szuray:use264-1l-1u:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:h:szuray:use264-1l-mini:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:h:szuray:use264-1lw:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:h:szuray:use264-1wb-l:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:h:szuray:use264-4l-1u:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:h:szuray:use264-8-1u:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:h:szuray:uve264-1l:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:h:szuray:uve264-1lw:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration AND OR *cpe:2.3:o:szuray:iptv\/h.265_video_encoder_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR cpe:2.3:h:szuray:uaioe265-1u:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:h:szuray:uhae265-1-mini:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:h:szuray:uhae265-1wb-mini:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:h:szuray:uhae265-4-1u:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:h:szuray:uhe265-1:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:h:szuray:uhe265-1-1u:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:h:szuray:uhe265-1-4k:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:h:szuray:uhe265-1-mini:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:h:szuray:uhe265-16-3u:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:h:szuray:uhe265-16l-3u:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:h:szuray:uhe265-1l:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:h:szuray:uhe265-1lw:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:h:szuray:uhe265-1s-4k:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:h:szuray:uhe265-1s-mini:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:h:szuray:uhe265-1w:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:h:szuray:uhe265-1w-4k:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:h:szuray:uhe265-1w-mini:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:h:szuray:uhe265-1wb-4g:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:h:szuray:uhe265-1wb-mini:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:h:szuray:uhe265-1wbs-mini:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:h:szuray:uhe265-2-1u:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:h:szuray:uhe265-4:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:h:szuray:uhe265-4-1u:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:h:szuray:uhe265-4s:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:h:szuray:uhe265-4s-1u:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:h:szuray:uhe265-8-1u:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:h:szuray:uhe265-8l-3u:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:h:szuray:uhe265-8s-1u:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:h:szuray:uhse265-1u:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:h:szuray:use265-1-1u:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:h:szuray:use265-1-mini:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:h:szuray:use265-16l-3u:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:h:szuray:use265-1l:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:h:szuray:use265-1l-1u:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:h:szuray:use265-1l-mini:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:h:szuray:use265-1lw:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:h:szuray:use265-1w-mini:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:h:szuray:use265-1wb-4g:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:h:szuray:use265-1wb-l:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:h:szuray:use265-1wb-mini:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:h:szuray:use265-2-1u:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:h:szuray:use265-4-1u:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:h:szuray:use265-4l-1u:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:h:szuray:use265-8-1u:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:h:szuray:uve265-1:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:h:szuray:uve265-1w:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration AND OR *cpe:2.3:o:jtechdigital:h.264_iptv_encoder_1080p\@60hz_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR cpe:2.3:h:jtechdigital:h.264_iptv_encoder_1080p\@60hz:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration AND OR *cpe:2.3:o:provideoinstruments:vecaster-hd-h264_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR cpe:2.3:h:provideoinstruments:vecaster-hd-h264:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration AND OR *cpe:2.3:o:provideoinstruments:vecaster-hd-hevc_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR cpe:2.3:h:provideoinstruments:vecaster-hd-hevc:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration AND OR *cpe:2.3:o:provideoinstruments:vecaster-4k-hevc_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR cpe:2.3:h:provideoinstruments:vecaster-4k-hevc:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration AND OR *cpe:2.3:o:provideoinstruments:vecaster-hd-sdi_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR cpe:2.3:h:provideoinstruments:vecaster-hd-sdi:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 19, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/159601/HiSilicon-Video-Encoder-Backdoor-Password.html [No Types Assigned]
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-2020-24215 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-2020-24215 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

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

27.62 }} -9.69%

score

0.96011

percentile

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