CVE-2020-24218

CRITICAL

URayTech IPTV/H.264/H.265 <1.97 - Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm

Description

An issue was discovered on URayTech IPTV/H.264/H.265 video encoders through 1.97. Attackers can log in as root via the password that is hard-coded in the executable file.

References (2)

Core 2

Core References

Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource x_refsource_misc

https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/896979

Exploit, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc

https://kojenov.com/2020-09-15-hisilicon-encoder-vulnerabilities/

Scores

CVSS v3 9.8

EPSS 0.0193

EPSS Percentile 77.4%

Attack Vector NETWORK

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE

CWE-798

Status published

Products (2)

szuray/iptv\/h.264_video_encoder_firmware < 1.97

szuray/iptv\/h.265_video_encoder_firmware < 1.97

Published Oct 06, 2020

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026