CVE-2023-23771

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Published Aug 29, 2023 CVSS 3.1 · 8.4 High EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed

Description

Motorola MBTS Base Radio accepts hard-coded backdoor password. The Motorola MBTS Base Radio Man Machine Interface (MMI), allowing for service technicians to diagnose and configure the device, accepts a hard-coded backdoor password that cannot be changed or disabled.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Motorola

MBTS Base Radio

unknown

Version	Status	Constraints
`R05.x2.57`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

AND

cpe:2.3:o:motorola:mbts_base_radio_firmware:r05.x2.57:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:h:motorola:mbts_base_radio:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2023-27857	Motorola MBTS Base Radio accepts hard-coded backdoor password. The Motorola MBTS Base Radio Man Machine Interface (MMI), allowing for service technicians to diagnose and configure the device, accepts a hard-coded backdoor password that cannot be changed or disabled.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: < 1% (0.185% probability within 30 days)

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

References

Link	Providers
https://tetraburst.com/

History

Oct 2, 2024 2:30 PM Scoring metrics updated View changes

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Motorola Mbts Base Radio Mbts Base Radio Firmware

Weaknesses

Sources

CVE record Updated: Oct 2, 2024, 2:01 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: NCSC-NL
Published: Aug 29, 2023, 8:48 AM
Updated: Oct 2, 2024, 2:01 PM
Reserved: Jan 17, 2023, 10:51 PM

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Vulnrichment Updated: Aug 2, 2024, 10:42 AM

Updated: Aug 2, 2024, 10:42 AM

NVD Updated: Jun 17, 2026, 5:37 AM

Status: Modified
Published: Aug 29, 2023, 9:15 AM
Modified: Jun 17, 2026, 5:37 AM

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