8.8
HIGH
CVE-2020-29669
Macally WIFISD2-2A82 Router Password Reset Vulnerability
Description

In the Macally WIFISD2-2A82 Media and Travel Router 2.000.010, the Guest user is able to reset its own password. This process has a vulnerability which can be used to take over the administrator account and results in shell access. As the admin user may read the /etc/shadow file, the password hashes of each user (including root) can be dumped. The root hash can be cracked easily which results in a complete system compromise.

INFO

Published Date :

Dec. 14, 2020, 2:15 a.m.

Last Modified :

Dec. 15, 2020, 11:46 p.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

5.9

Exploitability Score :

2.8
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2020-29669 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-2020-29669 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 Macally wifisd2-2a82_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-2020-29669.

URL Resource
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/160478/Macally-WIFISD2-2A82-2.000.010-Privilege-Escalation.html Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1PpiRhhfph8U_0KAoIp0AnwY3mVtp-R-g/view Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/S1lkys/CVE-2020-29669 Exploit Third Party Advisory

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).

None

Updated: 8 months, 2 weeks ago
33 stars 3 fork 3 watcher
Born at : March 12, 2021, 12:22 p.m. This repo has been linked 1063 different CVEs too.

None

Updated: 1 year, 3 months ago
17 stars 10 fork 10 watcher
Born at : Jan. 2, 2021, 10:19 p.m. This repo has been linked 1050 different CVEs too.

Macally WIFISD2

Python

Updated: 3 months, 1 week ago
2 stars 1 fork 1 watcher
Born at : Dec. 3, 2020, 8 p.m. This repo has been linked 1 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-2020-29669 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2020-29669 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
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Dec. 15, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 NIST (AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C)
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Changed Reference Type http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/160478/Macally-WIFISD2-2A82-2.000.010-Privilege-Escalation.html No Types Assigned http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/160478/Macally-WIFISD2-2A82-2.000.010-Privilege-Escalation.html Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type https://drive.google.com/file/d/1PpiRhhfph8U_0KAoIp0AnwY3mVtp-R-g/view No Types Assigned https://drive.google.com/file/d/1PpiRhhfph8U_0KAoIp0AnwY3mVtp-R-g/view Exploit, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/S1lkys/CVE-2020-29669 No Types Assigned https://github.com/S1lkys/CVE-2020-29669 Exploit, Third Party Advisory
    Added CWE NIST CWE-287
    Added CPE Configuration AND OR *cpe:2.3:o:macally:wifisd2-2a82_firmware:2.000.010:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR cpe:2.3:h:macally:wifisd2-2a82:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Dec. 14, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/160478/Macally-WIFISD2-2A82-2.000.010-Privilege-Escalation.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-2020-29669 is associated with the following CWEs:

Exploit Prediction

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

8.18 }} 1.20%

score

0.94461

percentile

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