# CVE-2016-2333: SysLINK SL-1000 Machine-to-Machine (M2M) Modular Gateway devices with firmware before 01A.8 use the same hardcoded encryption key across dif

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2016-04-25 · Updated: 2024-08-05

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

SysLINK SL-1000 Machine-to-Machine (M2M) Modular Gateway devices with firmware before 01A.8 use the same hardcoded encryption key across different customers' installations, which allows attackers to defeat cryptographic protection mechanisms by leveraging knowledge of this key from another installation.

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## References

- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/822980

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