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Status published
Medium
CVE-2024-8453
PLANET Technology switch devices - Weak hash for users' passwords
Vulnerability Description
Certain switch models from PLANET Technology use an insecure hashing function to hash user passwords without being salted. Remote attackers with administrator privileges can read configuration files to obtain the hash values, and potentially crack them to retrieve the plaintext passwords.
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
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Affected Vendor
PLANET Technology
View all reports →Affected Software
GS-4210-24PL4C hardware 2.0, GS-4210-24P2S hardware 3.0
Vulnerable Versions:
0
Timeline
Official Publish:
September 30th, 2024
Last Modified:
September 30th, 2024
Added to House:
July 22nd, 2026
CVSS Vectors
V3:
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.