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CVE-2016-2360

Milesight IP security cameras through 2016-11-14 have a default root password in /etc/shadow that...

9.8 Critical

CVE-2016-2360 is a critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.8) in Milesight Ip Security Cameras, published October 25, 2019. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 2.06%, the 81st percentile. No source names a fixed version.

What does this mean?
Severity
9.8 CriticalCVSS 3.1, NVD
Exploit chance
2.06%EPSS, 81st percentile
Exploitation
None knownNot on CISA’s or ENISA’s lists
Fixed in
No fix listedNo source names one

Description

Milesight IP security cameras through 2016-11-14 have a default root password in /etc/shadow that is the same across different customers' installations.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges needed
None
User interaction
None

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

Exploit likelihood

2.06%Up 1.1 points since Feb 4, 2022
90%50%10%1%

Affected products

What each source reports

NVD Score used9.8

Milesight IP security cameras through 2016-11-14 have a default root password in /etc/shadow that is the same across different customers' installations.

Record
CVE-2016-2360
CVSS 3.1
9.8 CriticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0
5.0 MediumAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Weakness
CWE-798
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE ListNo score

Milesight IP security cameras through 2016-11-14 have a default root password in /etc/shadow that is the same across different customers' installations.

Record
CVE-2016-2360
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2016-3444No score

Milesight IP security cameras through 2016-11-14 have a default root password in /etc/shadow that is the same across different customers' installations.

Record
EUVD-2016-3444
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-6h4r-4p84-m69q9.8

Milesight IP security cameras through 2016-11-14 have a default root password in /etc/shadow that...

Milesight IP security cameras through 2016-11-14 have a default root password in /etc/shadow that is the same across different customers' installations.

Record
GHSA-6h4r-4p84-m69q
CVSS 3.1
9.8 CriticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness
CWE-798
Updated
2026-11-02

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
facts
aliasesEUVD
first indexedCVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

References

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