Description
Dahua DVR appliances have a hardcoded password for (1) the root account and (2) an unspecified "backdoor" account, which makes it easier for remote attackers to obtain administrative access via authorization requests involving (a) ActiveX, (b) a standalone client, or (c) unknown other vectors.
Public exploits
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Third-party code, not reviewed by us. Public PoCs are sometimes fake or contain malware. Read the code first and run it only in an isolated lab, against systems you are authorised to test.
Exploit-DB 1
- Dahua DVR 2.608.0000.0/2.608.GV00.0 - Authentication Bypass (Metasploit) EDB-29673 · webapps · Nov 18, 2013
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References
- VU#800094 third-party-advisory