CVE Catalog

CVE-2017-14263

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

Honeywell NVR devices allow remote attackers to create user accounts in the admin group by leveraging access to a guest account to obtain a session ID. The attacker can then send that session ID in a userManager.addUser request to the /RPC2 URI.

Risk Assessment

An attacker can gain full control over the device, posing a serious threat to the security of the system and data.

Recommendation

It is recommended to restrict access to the guest account and to monitor and secure API interfaces to prevent unauthorized user account creation.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

Honeywell NVR devices allow remote attackers to create a user account in the admin group by leveraging access to a guest account to obtain a session ID, and then sending that session ID in a userManager.addUser request to the /RPC2 URI. The attacker can login to the device with that new user account to fully control the device.

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