CVE Catalog

CVE-2005-1553

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

GeoVision Digital Video Surveillance System versions 6.04, 6.1 and 7.0 use a weak encryption scheme to protect passwords. This allows a remote attacker to obtain the password via network sniffing.

Risk Assessment

The organization is at risk of unauthorized access to the surveillance system, which could lead to breach of video footage confidentiality and takeover of camera control.

Recommendation

Immediately update the system to the latest available version that fixes this vulnerability. If an update is not possible, apply additional network security measures such as VPN encryption.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

GeoVision Digital Video Surveillance System 6.04, 6.1 and 7.0 uses a weak encryption scheme to encrypt passwords, which allows remote attackers to obtain the password via sniffing.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS