CVE-2024-43698

published 2024-10-22

CVE-2024-43698: Kieback & Peter's DDC4000 series uses weak credentials, which may allow an unauthenticated attacker to get full admin rights on the system.

Priority P2 65 critical 9.8 CVSS 3.1

AV N AC L PR N UI N S U C H I H A H

Kieback & Peter's DDC4000 series uses weak credentials, which may allow an unauthenticated attacker to get full admin rights on the system.

Affected

10 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
kieback_peter	ddc4002	<= 1.12.14	—
kieback_peter	ddc4002e	<= 1.17.6	—
kieback_peter	ddc4020e	<= 1.17.6	—
kieback_peter	ddc4040e	<= 1.17.6	—
kieback_peter	ddc4100	<= 1.7.4	—
kieback_peter	ddc4200	<= 1.12.14	—
kieback_peter	ddc4200-l	<= 1.12.14	—
kieback_peter	ddc4200e	<= 1.17.6	—
kieback_peter	ddc4400	<= 1.12.14	—
kieback_peter	ddc4400e	<= 1.17.6	—

Detection & IOCs extracted from sources · hover to see the quote

• → Monitor for unauthenticated access attempts to /etc/passwd on Kieback&Peter DDC4000 series devices, which could indicate exploitation of credential exposure vulnerabilities chained with CVE-2024-43698 weak credentials. ↗
• → Alert on unauthenticated remote connections achieving administrative access on DDC4000 series devices (DDC4002, DDC4100, DDC4200, DDC4200-L, DDC4400, DDC4002e, DDC4200e, DDC4400e, DDC4020e, DDC4040e) running firmware versions at or below the affected thresholds. ↗
• → Monitor for path traversal patterns in HTTP requests targeting DDC4000 series devices, which may be used to read arbitrary files (e.g., /etc/passwd) as a precursor to credential cracking and admin takeover via weak default credentials. ↗

• · DDC4002, DDC4100, DDC4200, DDC4200-L, and DDC4400 are End-of-Life and will not receive patches; detection and network isolation are the only mitigations for these models. ↗
• · Supported DDC4000e series devices require firmware update to v1.21.0 or later to remediate CVE-2024-43698 and related vulnerabilities. ↗
• · No known public exploitation of CVE-2024-43698 has been reported at time of advisory publication, but the vulnerability is remotely exploitable with low attack complexity (CVSS v4 9.3). ↗

CVSS provenance

nvd v3.1 9.8 CRITICAL CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

nvd v4.0 9.3 CRITICAL CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

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