PLplasma·Feb 17, 2016
A few other passwords too https://github.com/simonjiuan/ipc/blob/master/src/cgi_misc.c...
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| Feb 17, 01:00 | 2016-02-17 01:00:00 UTC | 2016-02-17 02:00:00 UTC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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3 sourcesGood find. Wow, that repo is a class act. Binaries checked in and everything. Clearly looks like this and the OP's DVR share lineage.
From what I can tell, the e-mail address etc. are defaults used in CGI_send_email, which is only invoked as the handler for the /email endpoint. Looking at the order of endpoints defined in https://github.com/simonjiuan/ipc/blob/master/src/ipcam_netw... it seems that /email was probably left out in the DVR's code, so it's possible this function is simply never invoked, and we're just left with the WTF that not only did the original author (Mr. Law) think that an e-mail service needed a default "To", but that he thought it should be him, and that he left it in the final product.
In Backdoor in DVR firmware sends CCTV camera snapshots to email address in ChinaThat sounds horrific.
This code seems related - it has the cow ascii art and the email-sending functionality and email address mentioned in the article: https://github.com/simonjiuan/ipc/blob/master/src/cgi_misc.c - I wonder what else is in there!
In Backdoor in DVR firmware sends CCTV camera snapshots to email address in China