The Motorola ACE1000 RTU through 2022-05-02 ships with a hardcoded SSH private key and initialization scripts (such as /etc/init.d/sshd_service) only generate a new key if no private-key file exists. Thus, this hardcoded key is likely to be used by default.
Threat-Mapped Scoring
Score: 0.0
Priority: Unclassified
EPSS
Score: 0.00098Percentile:
0.28213
CVSS Scoring
CVSS v3.1 Score: 9.8
Severity: CRITICAL
Mapped CWE(s)
CWE-259
: Use of Hard-coded Password
CWE-798
: Use of Hard-coded Credentials
All CAPEC(s)
CAPEC-191 : Read Sensitive Constants Within an Executable
CAPEC-70 : Try Common or Default Usernames and Passwords
CAPEC(s) with Mapped TTPs
CAPEC-191 : Read Sensitive Constants Within an Executable
Mapped TTPs:
CAPEC-70 : Try Common or Default Usernames and Passwords
Mapped TTPs:
Mapped ATT&CK TTPs
T1552.001
: Credentials In Files
Kill Chain: credential-access
T1078.001
: Default Accounts
Kill Chain: defense-evasion
Malware
APTs Threat Group Associations
Campaigns
Leviathan Australian Intrusions
HomeLand Justice
Affected Products
cpe:2.3:o:motorola:ace1000_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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