CVE-2019-25241FaceSentry Access Control System 6.4.8 Remote SSH Root Access
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FaceSentry Access Control System 6.4.8 contains a critical authentication vulnerability with hard-coded SSH credentials for the wwwuser account. Attackers can leverage the insecure sudoers configuration to escalate privileges and gain root access by executing sudo commands without authentication.
- CVSS
- 9.8 CRITICAL (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-798
- Known exploited
- Not in CISA's KEV catalog
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- Not loaded for this CVE
- Assigned by
- VulnCheck
- NVD analysis
- Modified
- Record last updated
- Jul 14, 2026
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 9, 2026
Affected products
iWT Ltd. FaceSentry Access Control System iwt:facesentry_access_control_system (from the name) | 6.4.8 build 264; 5.7.2 build 568; 5.7.0 build 539 | CNA record |
iwt facesentry_access_control_system_firmware iwt:facesentry_access_control_system_firmware | 5.7.0; 5.7.2; 6.4.8 | NVD |
References
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/47067exploit, third-party-advisory, vdb-entry
- http://www.iwt.com.hkproduct
- https://www.zeroscience.mk/en/vulnerabilities/ZSL-2019-5526.phpthird-party-advisory, exploit
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