Critical severity9.8NVD Advisory· Published Oct 6, 2020· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2020-24215
CVE-2020-24215
Description
An issue was discovered in the box application on HiSilicon based IPTV/H.264/H.265 video encoders. Attackers can use hard-coded credentials in HTTP requests to perform any administrative task on the device including retrieving the device's configuration (with the cleartext admin password), and uploading a custom firmware update, to ultimately achieve arbitrary code execution.
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Affected products
10- cpe:2.3:o:jtechdigital:h.264_iptv_encoder_1080p\@60hz_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:provideoinstruments:vecaster-4k-hevc_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:provideoinstruments:vecaster-hd-h264_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:provideoinstruments:vecaster-hd-hevc_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:provideoinstruments:vecaster-hd-sdi_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:szuray:iptv\/h.264_video_encoder_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:szuray:iptv\/h.265_video_encoder_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- HiSilicon/IPTV/H.264/H.265 video encodersdescription
Patches
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References
3- packetstormsecurity.com/files/159601/HiSilicon-Video-Encoder-Backdoor-Password.htmlnvdExploitThird Party Advisory
- kojenov.com/2020-09-15-hisilicon-encoder-vulnerabilities/nvdExploitThird Party Advisory
- www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/896979nvdThird Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
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