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CVE-2026-29122: International Datacasting SFX2100 Satellite Receiver · Improper Privilege Management

Affects International Datacasting SFX2100 Satellite ReceiverSource CVE Database V5

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Public exploit available · CVSS 8.3 High.

Data as of 30 Oct 2026, 11:52 UTC

CVSS 4.0 base score
8.3High
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.
EPSS
0.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 3% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:H/SI:H/SA:N/E:P

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 5 Mar 2026

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponized: evidence found.

    CVSS exploit maturity: proof of concept public

  4. Exploited in the wild: no evidence on record.

    Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation

  5. Observed by OffSeq Mirage: no evidence on record.

    No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors

A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), CVSS vector, the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 30 Oct 2026.

What to do

Affected software

ProductAffectedFixed in
International Datacasting CorporationSFX2100 Satellite ReceiverAffected
  • =SFX2100
Fixed in–

AI-suggested

To mitigate this vulnerability, organizations should immediately audit all SFX2100 satellite receivers to identify affected devices. Since no official patches are currently available, a practical mitigation is to remove the setuid bit from the /bin/date utility to prevent it from executing with elevated privileges, e.g., by running 'chmod u-s /bin/date' if operationally feasible. Additionally, restrict local access to trusted personnel only and implement strict physical and network access controls to minimize the risk of unauthorized local access. Monitoring and logging local user activities on the device can help detect suspicious behavior. If possible, isolate the satellite receiver devices on segmented networks to reduce exposure. Organizations should also engage with International Datacasting Corporation for official patches or firmware updates and apply them promptly once released. Finally, consider deploying host-based intrusion detection systems (HIDS) to alert on unauthorized attempts to exploit this vulnerability.

Description

International Data Casting (IDC) SFX2100 satellite receiver comes with the `/bin/date` utility installed with the setuid bit set. This configuration grants elevated privileges to any local user who can execute the binary. A local actor is able to use the GTFObins resource to preform privileged file reads as the root user on the local file system. This allows an actor to be able to read any root read-only files, such as the /etc/shadow file or other configuration/secrets carrier files.

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