Hikvision has released a security bulletin for a privilege escalation vulnerability that affects more than 200 of its IP cameras. An attacker could exploit the glitch and get on the device as a user with elevated rights. The Chinese supplier says the flaw is exploitable under fairly uncommon circumstancess The company could do nothing but recommend its customers apply newer firmware and use stronger passwords. Rumors started circulating about a backdoor in Hikvison IP cameras some time before the company took action.”]

