CVE-2020-2499 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2020-2499

Hard-coded Password Vulnerability in QES

Vulnerability Description

A hard-coded password vulnerability has been reported to affect earlier versions of QES. If exploited, this vulnerability could allow attackers to log in with a hard-coded password. QNAP has already fixed the issue in QES 2.1.1 Build 20200515 and later.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

The following person or organization is credited with identifying this vulnerability, as recorded in the NVD database:

  • Lodestone Security

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Affected Vendor

QNAP Systems Inc.

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Affected Software

QES
Vulnerable Versions:
unspecified

Timeline

Official Publish: December 24th, 2020
Last Modified: September 17th, 2024
Added to House: July 21st, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:H/A:N

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-259 CWE-798 CWE-522

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

T1552 Unsecured Credentials
Credential Access
T1005 Data from Local System
Collection
T1078 Valid Accounts
Persistence
T1021 Remote Services
Lateral Movement
T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application
Initial Access
T1098 Account Manipulation
Privilege Escalation
T1555 Credentials from Password Stores
Credential Access