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VulnerabilityCVE-2023-41011Published 2023-09-14

CVE-2023-41011 — Chinamobile Intelligent Home Gateway Firmware hg6543c4

criticalPublic exploit1 PoC repo

As of 2024-09-25, CVE-2023-41011 is a CRITICAL-severity vulnerability in Chinamobile Intelligent Home Gateway Firmware hg6543c4, CVSS v3.1 9.8, EPSS 2.5% (84.6th percentile). Threadlinqs Intelligence links 2 tracked threat campaigns to CVE-2023-41011, most recently “ClingSTUN Linux Backdoor Turns Unpatched IoT Devices Into Proxy Nodes via Public STUN Infrastructure”.

CVSS v3.1
9.8/10Critical
EPSS
2.5%Higher than 84.6% of scored CVEs
CISA KEV
NoNot in the KEV catalog
Tracked threats
2Campaigns referencing it
Priority
10/10Threadlinqs triage score
Published
Updated 2024-09-25
CVSS v3.1 9.8 (CRITICAL) · EPSS 2.5% (higher than 84.6% of all scored CVEs) · Priority 10/10 · Published 2023-09-14

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What is CVE-2023-41011?

Command Execution vulnerability in China Mobile Communications China Mobile Intelligent Home Gateway v.HG6543C4 allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code via the shortcut_telnet.cg component.

The record classifies CVE-2023-41011 under weakness class CWE-77. Its CVSS v3 base vector states that the flaw is reachable remotely over the network, needs no prior authentication, needs no user interaction, and has high impact on confidentiality, integrity, availability. 2 affected-product entries are recorded, across 1 vendor, listed below. The identifier was first published 1136 days ago.

Severity and exploitation probability

CVSS v3.1 base score
9.8 — CRITICAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS (FIRST)
2.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 84.6% of all scored CVEs
CISA KEV
Not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
Threadlinqs priority
10/10 — a Threadlinqs composite of the CVSS base score, the EPSS percentile and public exploit availability
Published
2023-09-14, last modified 2024-09-25

Is CVE-2023-41011 being exploited?

Weaponised exploit code for CVE-2023-41011 is publicly available. 1 public proof-of-concept repository is tracked for this identifier. It currently carries a trending score of 34 in the Threadlinqs vulnerability feed.

Affected products and versions

  • Chinamobile: Intelligent Home Gateway Firmware hg6543c4, Intelligent Home Gateway

How to fix CVE-2023-41011

No vendor patch reference has been recorded for CVE-2023-41011 in the tracked sources. Follow the references below for a fix, and treat the products listed above as exposed until the vendor states otherwise.

Threat activity tracking CVE-2023-41011

2 tracked threats in the Threadlinqs corpus reference CVE-2023-41011, either in the campaign’s CVE list or as an indicator on the campaign record.

Sources

Enriched from CVE.org, NVD, FIRST EPSS, public proof-of-concept repositories. Last verified by Threadlinqs on . This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.

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