CWE-656 Reliance on Security Through Obscurity
classThe product uses a protection mechanism whose strength depends heavily on its obscurity, such that knowledge of its algorithms or key data is sufficient to defeat the mechanism.
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Known CVEs related to this entry.
| ID | severity | exploitable | ||
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| CVE-2020-10284US | critical9.1 | — | ||
No authentication is required to control the robot inside the network, moreso the latest available user manual shows an option that lets the user to add a password to the robot but… | ||||
| CVE-2020-10286US | high8.8 | — | ||
the main user account has restricted privileges but is in the sudoers group and there is not any mechanism in place to prevent sudo su or sudo -i to be run gaining unrestricted acc… | ||||
| CVE-2020-10277US | medium6.4 | — | ||
There is no mechanism in place to prevent a bad operator to boot from a live OS image, this can lead to extraction of sensible files (such as the shadow file) or privilege escalati… | ||||
| CVE-2024-5244US | medium4.2 | — | ||
TP-Link Omada ER605 Reliance on Security Through Obscurity Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows network-adjacent attackers to access or spoof DDNS messages on affected installa… | ||||
| CVE-2026-112067US | — | — | ||
The extension hides the correct answer to each CAPTCHA inside the image data of the CAPTCHA itself. Anyone who can request a CAPTCHA image can read the answer from it and submit it… | ||||
| CVE-2026-7161US | — | — | ||
An insufficient encryption vulnerability exists in the Device Authentication functionality of GeoVision GV-IP Device Utility 9.0.5. Listening to broadcast packets can lead to crede… | ||||
| CVE-2026-42363US | — | — | ||
An insufficient encryption vulnerability exists in the Device Authentication functionality of GeoVision GV-IP Device Utility 9.0.5. Listening to broadcast packets can lead to crede… | ||||
| CVE-2025-59093US | — | — | ||
Exos 9300 instances are using a randomly generated database password to connect to the configured MSSQL server. The password is derived from static random values, which are concate… | ||||
| CVE-2025-7020US | — | — | ||
An incorrect encryption implementation vulnerability exists in the system log dump feature of BYD's DiLink 3.0 OS (e.g. in the model ATTO3). An attacker with physical access to the… | ||||
| CVE-2025-25983US | — | — | ||
An issue in Macro-video Technologies Co.,Ltd V380 Pro android application 2.1.44 and V380 Pro android application 2.1.64 allows an attacker to obtain sensitive information via the… | ||||
| CVE-2024-12297US | — | — | ||
Moxa’s Ethernet switch is vulnerable to an authentication bypass because of flaws in its authorization mechanism. Although both client-side and back-end server verification are inv… | ||||
| CVE-2024-9138US | — | — | ||
Moxa’s cellular routers, secure routers, and network security appliances are affected by a high-severity vulnerability, CVE-2024-9138. This vulnerability involves hard-coded creden… | ||||
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