CVE-2015-3959

medium

Description

The firmware in MNS before 4.5.6 on Belden GarrettCom Magnum 6K and Magnum 10K switches has a hardcoded serial-console password for a privileged account, which might allow physically proximate attackers to obtain access by establishing a console session to a nonstandard installation on which this account is enabled, and leveraging knowledge of this password.

References

https://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-15-167-01

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75235

http://www.garrettcom.com/techsupport/MNS6K_R456_Release_Notes.pdf

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2015-08-04

Updated: 2026-06-17

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.2

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00098