Datto ALTO and SIRIS devices have a default VNC password.
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- Feb 20, 2018
- Updated
- Jun 16, 2026
- EPSS
- 1.1% · 64th percentile
- CWE
- CWE-798
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Report tools
Action score
39
Monitor
Low priority for now.
- CVSS
- 39 / 40 · 9.8 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 0 / 30 · 1.1%
Affected systems
| Vendor | Product | CPE |
|---|---|---|
| datto | alto 3 firmware | cpe:2.3:o:datto:alto_3_firmware |
| datto | alto 3 | cpe:2.3:h:datto:alto_3 |
| datto | alto 2 firmware | cpe:2.3:o:datto:alto_2_firmware |
| datto | alto 2 | cpe:2.3:h:datto:alto_2 |
| datto | alto xl firmware | cpe:2.3:o:datto:alto_xl_firmware |
| datto | alto xl | cpe:2.3:h:datto:alto_xl |
| datto | siris 3 firmware | cpe:2.3:o:datto:siris_3_firmware |
| datto | siris 3 | cpe:2.3:h:datto:siris_3 |
| datto | siris 2 firmware | cpe:2.3:o:datto:siris_2_firmware |
| datto | siris 2 | cpe:2.3:h:datto:siris_2 |
| datto | siris 3 x all-flash firmware | cpe:2.3:o:datto:siris_3_x_all-flash_firmware |
| datto | siris 3 x all-flash | cpe:2.3:h:datto:siris_3_x_all-flash |
and 4 more
Affected versions
NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.
- datto alto 2 firmwareall versions
- datto alto 3 firmwareall versions
- datto alto imaged firmwareall versions
- datto alto xl firmwareall versions
- datto siris 2 firmwareall versions
- datto siris 3 firmwareall versions
- datto siris 3 x all-flash firmwareall versions
- datto siris virtual firmwareall versions
Same product
datto: all recordsOther highest-scoring records for the same primary product.
- CVE-2015-2081Datto ALTO and SIRIS devices allow Remote Code Execution via unauthenticated requests to PHP scripts.40Plan
- CVE-2015-9256Datto ALTO and SIRIS devices allow remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via access to device/VM restore mount points, because th21Monitor
- CVE-2015-9255Datto ALTO and SIRIS devices allow remote attackers to obtain sensitive information about data, software versions, configuration, and virtua21Monitor
Remediation
Which version to upgrade to
Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.
No fix version is recorded for this entry. Check the references for vendor advisories.
Exploit status
No known public exploit
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Research context
For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.
Timeline
From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.
No dated events beyond publication.
FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).
Patch and commit links
Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.
No commit or PR link among the references.
Credits
All researchersFinders, reporters and analysts named in the CNA record. Click a name for that researcher’s other records.
No credits in the CNA record.
Variant candidates
Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.
No nightly-computed relations.
Chain candidates
An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.
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Bug bounty scope
No known public program.
Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).
Technical details
Attack conditions
- Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
- No account or password is required.
- No user action is required.
- No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
If successful
- Confidentiality
- high · data can be read
- Integrity
- high · data or configuration can be modified
- Availability
- high · the service can be disrupted
- Attack vector
- Network
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality impact
- High
- Integrity impact
- High
- Availability impact
- High
Weakness class (CWE)
CWE-798 · Use of Hard-coded CredentialsCVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
nvd-primary
Root cause
For convenience in support or manufacturing, an account that is identical on every device is embedded in the software. Credentials learned from one device work on all of them.
The bug in code
The whole CWE-798 classA representative example of this vulnerability class. Not the vendor's source code; it shows the faulty pattern and its fix.
Vulnerable
const SUPPORT_USER = "support";const SUPPORT_PASS = "hardcoded-password";Fixed
const creds = await provisioning.deviceCredentials(deviceId);if (creds.mustRotate) await forcePasswordChange(deviceId);Attack context
MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.
Change log
No changes recorded on tracked fields yet. Score, KEV, exploit maturity and fix status changes appear here.
References
Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.