CVE-2016-1984: Harman Amx Firmware

Critical severity, CVSS 9.8. EPSS: 4.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The setUpSubtleUserAccount function in /bin/bw on Harman AMX devices before 2016-01-20 has a hardcoded password for the 1MB@tMaN account, which makes it easier for remote attackers to obtain access via a (1) SSH or (2) HTTP session, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-8362.

Affected products

• Harman Amx Firmware: version 1.2.322 only; version 1.3.100 only

Published 2016-01-22. Last modified 2026-06-17.