CVE-2023-43870 HIGH

CVE-2023-43870

Vendor Paxton
Product Net2
Weakness CWE-798 · Hardcoded credentials
Published December 19, 2023
Last update November 27, 2024

CVSS base score

8.1/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Confidentiality High
Integrity High

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

What the vulnerability does

01Description

When installing the Net2 software a root certificate is installed into the trusted store. A potential hacker could access the installer batch file or reverse engineer the source code to gain access to the root certificate password. Using the root certificate and password they could then create their own certificates to emulate another site. Then by establishing a proxy service to emulate the site they could monitor traffic passed between the end user and the site allowing access to the data content.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

December 19, 2023 CVE published
November 27, 2024 Record updated