9.8

CVE-2022-30271: motorola ace1000_firmware Use of Hard-coded Credentials

CVSS: 9.8v3.1CriticalModified
Published 26-07-2022Last modified 03-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2022-30271 is a critical (CVSS 9.8) Use of Hard-coded Credentials vulnerability in motorola ace1000_firmware. EPSS estimates a 1.06% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 64.1% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
70/100
0100
High · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
9.8/10
010
Critical · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
1.06%
0%100%
Low · +0.03 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 26-07-2022
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 03-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

The Motorola ACE1000 RTU through 2022-05-02 ships with a hardcoded SSH private key and initialization scripts (such as /etc/init.d/sshd_service) only generate a new key if no private-key file exists. Thus, this hardcoded key is likely to be used by default.

CVSS metrics

2 scores · 2 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

1.06%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

64%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

+0.03 pp

From 1.03% on 21-09-2026

21-09-202621-10-2026
EPSS score
1.06%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Motorola1 product

1 vendor · 1 product

References

2 links