The root password of the Cobham EXPLORER 710 is the same for all versions of firmware up to and including v1.08

published 2019-10-10 7 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2019-18905

cvss: 9.8; version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 1.5%; EPSS 1.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 74%
public exploits: 0; none known

The root password of the Cobham EXPLORER 710 is the same for all versions of firmware up to and including v1.08. This could allow an attacker to reverse-engineer the password from available versions to gain authenticated access to the device.

Exploit prediction

1.51% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 74% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	3.1	9.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	2.0	10.0	AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected products

Cobham plc Explorer 710

Classification

Weakness

CWE-522 Insufficiently Protected Credentials
CWE-798 Use of Hard-coded Credentials

References

kb.cert.org /vuls/id/719689/
third-party-advisory, us-government-resource

Sources

CVE List CVE-2019-9533
NVD CVE-2019-9533

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Summary