Insecure default configurations in HI-SCAN 6040i Hitrax HX-03-19-I allow authenticated attackers with low-level privileges to escalate to root-level privileges.
The product initializes or sets a resource with a default that is intended to be changed by the administrator, but the default is not secure.
Developers often choose default values that leave the product as open and easy to use as possible out-of-the-box, under the assumption that the administrator can (or should) change the default value. However, this ease-of-use comes at a cost when the default is insecure and the administrator does not change it.