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CVE-2018-16705

No exploitation reported by the sources we read.

  • Published2018-09-10
  • WeaknessCWE-200

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Description

FURUNO FELCOM 250 and 500 devices allow unauthenticated access to the xml/permission.xml file containing all of the system's usernames and passwords. This includes the Admin and Service user accounts and their unsalted MD5 hashes, as well as the SMS server password in cleartext.

Timeline

dates in UTC
  1. 2018-09-1017:29CVE publishedNVD

Versions per branch

NVD
Furuno felcom 250 firmwareversion to verify
BranchAffectedFixed in
—all versionsno fix published
Furuno felcom 500 firmwareversion to verify
BranchAffectedFixed in
—all versionsno fix published

as publishedRanges as NVD and OSV publish them; a distribution’s build can be fixed under an older number.

Fix

No fix published by the sources we read yet. NVD record

Detection

Nuclei template
none so far
ProjectDiscovery
Exploit-DB
no entry
Exploit-DB
Proof of concept
Metasploit modules
none listed
Metasploit Framework

Sources

Identifiers

Technical details

CVSS v3 Vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Published
2018-09-10
Last Modified
2026-06-17
NVD status
Modified
GitHub Advisory
GHSA-jgrg-hjm6-wj6m

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-16705?

FURUNO FELCOM 250 and 500 devices allow unauthenticated access to the xml/permission.xml file containing all of the system's usernames and passwords. This includes the Admin and Service user accounts and their unsalted MD5 hashes, as well as the SMS server password in cleartext.

Is CVE-2018-16705 actively exploited?

Active exploitation of CVE-2018-16705 has not been confirmed. Its EPSS score was 1.6% on 2026-11-08, the estimated probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2018-16705?

CVE-2018-16705 has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.8 (CRITICAL severity), with vector string CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

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