Critical Flaws in Airplanes WiFi Access Point Let Attackers Gain Root Access

From gbhackers.com

Critical Flaws in Airplanes WiFi Access Point Let Attackers Gain Root Access

Two critical vulnerabilities have been found recently in the wireless LAN devices of Contec. These critical vulnerabilities were discovered by the cybersecurity analysts, Samy Younsi and Thomas Knudsen of Necrum Security Lab.

There are two models of the FLEXLAN FXA2000 and FXA3000 series from CONTEC which are primarily used in airplane installations as WiFi access points.

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