{"id":78276,"date":"2025-09-27T11:34:21","date_gmt":"2025-09-27T11:34:21","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2025-10-21T04:31:27","modified_gmt":"2025-10-21T10:31:27","slug":"cve-2025-57295-unauthorized-access-to-h3c-devices-due-to-insecure-default-credentials","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-57295-unauthorized-access-to-h3c-devices-due-to-insecure-default-credentials\/","title":{"rendered":"<strong>CVE-2025-57295: Unauthorized Access to H3C devices due to Insecure Default Credentials<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Overview<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The CVE-2025-57295 is a significant vulnerability that affects H3C devices running firmware version NX15V100R015. This vulnerability is particularly critical as it allows unauthorized access to these devices due to insecure default credentials, potentially leading to severe security breaches. As it opens the gate to unauthorized root-level access to the device, this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-8067-udisks-daemon-vulnerability-leading-to-potential-system-compromise-or-data-leakage\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"85770\">vulnerability could lead<\/a> to privilege escalation, information disclosure, or arbitrary code execution, posing a considerable risk to the integrity and confidentiality of the system data.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Vulnerability Summary<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>CVE ID: CVE-2025-57295<br \/>\nSeverity: High (CVSS Score: 8.0)<br \/>\nAttack Vector: Network<br \/>\nPrivileges Required: None<br \/>\nUser Interaction: None<br \/>\nImpact: Unauthorized root-level access to the device, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-20708-remote-escalation-of-privilege-vulnerability-in-modem\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"86109\">privilege escalation<\/a>, information disclosure, or arbitrary code execution<\/p>\n<p><strong>Affected Products<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-1090632475\" class=\"ameeb-content-2 ameeb-entity-placement\"><div style=\"border-left: 4px solid #555; padding-left: 20px; margin: 48px 0; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; color: #ffffff; line-height: 1.6; max-width: 720px;\">\r\n  <h2 style=\"margin-top: 0; font-size: 22px; font-weight: 600; display: flex; align-items: center; letter-spacing: -0.02em;\">\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\" style=\"display: inline-flex; align-items: center; margin-right: 10px;\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Best-App-icon-Ameeba.png\" alt=\"Ameeba Chat Icon\" style=\"width: 42px; height: 42px;\" \/>\r\n    <\/a>\r\n    Share secrets securely\r\n  <\/h2>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"margin-bottom: 14px; color: #d1d5db;\">\r\n    Ameeba is private infrastructure for communication and sensitive work built on encrypted identity instead of exposed corporate identity systems.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"margin-bottom: 18px; color: #a1a1aa;\">\r\n    Passwords, credentials, confidential files, screenshots, internal discussions, sensitive AI context, and private coordination should not become exposed across ordinary communication platforms.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <ul style=\"list-style: none; padding-left: 0; margin-bottom: 24px; color: #e4e4e7;\">\r\n    <li style=\"margin-bottom: 8px;\">\u2022 Encrypted identity<\/li>\r\n    <li style=\"margin-bottom: 8px;\">\u2022 Private Spaces for organizations and teams<\/li>\r\n    <li style=\"margin-bottom: 8px;\">\u2022 End-to-end encrypted chat, calls, files, and notes<\/li>\r\n    <li style=\"margin-bottom: 8px;\">\u2022 Sensitive AI work and protected collaboration<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 Built for information that cannot leak<\/li>\r\n  <\/ul>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"font-style: italic; font-weight: 600; margin-bottom: 24px; color: #ffffff;\">\r\n    Our mission is to secure human work alongside AI.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <div style=\"display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; gap: 12px;\">\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\/download\" style=\"background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; padding: 10px 20px; text-decoration: none; border-radius: 8px; font-weight: 500;\">\r\n      Download Ameeba\r\n    <\/a>\r\n\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\" style=\"border: 1px solid #ffffff; color: #ffffff; padding: 10px 20px; text-decoration: none; border-radius: 8px; font-weight: 500;\">\r\n      Learn More\r\n    <\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>Product | Affected Versions<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-57577-remote-code-execution-vulnerability-in-h3c-device-r365v300r004\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"90636\">H3C Devices<\/a> | NX15V100R015<\/p>\n<p><strong>How the Exploit Works<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The exploit takes advantage of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-25737-critical-vulnerability-in-kapsch-trafficcom-rsus-due-to-lack-of-secure-password-requirements\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"89238\">lack of password<\/a> for the root user account and the use of a default password for the H3C user account on the mentioned devices. Both these credentials are stored in the \/etc\/shadow file. An attacker with network <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-8857-unauthenticated-remote-access-due-to-hard-coded-credentials-in-clinic-image-system\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"86302\">access can exploit these credentials<\/a> to gain unauthorized root-level access to the device via the administrative interface or other network services. This <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-58334-unauthorized-privilege-escalation-in-jetbrains-ide-services\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"85878\">unauthorized access can potentially lead to privilege escalation<\/a>, information disclosure, or arbitrary code execution.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Conceptual Example Code<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-1366956372\" class=\"ameeb-content ameeb-entity-placement\"><div class=\"poptin-embedded\" data-id=\"f6b387694f681\"><\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<\/div>\n<p>The following is a conceptual example of how an attacker might exploit this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-58361-xss-vulnerability-in-promptcraft-forge-studio-via-non-exhaustive-url-scheme-check\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"87051\">vulnerability via<\/a> SSH:<\/p>\n<pre><code class=\"\" data-line=\"\">ssh root@target_device_ip\n# No password required\nssh H3C@target_device_ip\n# Use &quot;admin&quot; as password<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>Once logged in, the attacker has root-level access to the device and can <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-49531-arbitrary-code-execution-vulnerability-in-illustrator-versions-28-7-6-29-5-1-and-earlier\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"86202\">execute arbitrary<\/a> commands, access sensitive information or escalate their privileges further.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mitigation Guidance<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>To mitigate this vulnerability, users are advised to apply the vendor patch as soon as it becomes available. As a temporary mitigation, users can use a Web Application Firewall (WAF) or Intrusion Detection System (IDS) to monitor and block suspicious network activities. Additionally, users are also advised to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-9114-critical-arbitrary-user-password-change-vulnerability-in-doccure-wordpress-theme\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"88309\">change the default password<\/a> for the H3C user account and set a strong password for the root user account.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Overview The CVE-2025-57295 is a significant vulnerability that affects H3C devices running firmware version NX15V100R015. This vulnerability is particularly critical as it allows unauthorized access to these devices due to insecure default credentials, potentially leading to severe security breaches. As it opens the gate to unauthorized root-level access to the device, this vulnerability could lead [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"vendor":[],"product":[],"attack_vector":[76,80],"asset_type":[],"severity":[],"exploit_status":[],"class_list":["post-78276","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","attack_vector-privilege-escalation","attack_vector-rce"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78276","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=78276"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78276\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":83581,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78276\/revisions\/83581"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=78276"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=78276"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=78276"},{"taxonomy":"vendor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vendor?post=78276"},{"taxonomy":"product","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product?post=78276"},{"taxonomy":"attack_vector","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/attack_vector?post=78276"},{"taxonomy":"asset_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/asset_type?post=78276"},{"taxonomy":"severity","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/severity?post=78276"},{"taxonomy":"exploit_status","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/exploit_status?post=78276"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}