CVE-2017-8218

vsftpd on TP-Link C2 and C20i devices through firmware 0.9.1 4.2 v0032.0 Build 160706 Rel.37961n has a backdoor admin account with the 1234 password, a backdoor guest account with the guest password, and a backdoor test account with the test password.

CVSS v3.0 9.8 CRITICAL
CVSS v2.0 10.0 HIGH

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CVSS v3.0 : CRITICAL

V3 Legend

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

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CVSS v2.0 : HIGH

V2 Legend

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Exploitability : 10.0 / Impact : 10.0

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact COMPLETE

Integrity Impact COMPLETE

Availability Impact COMPLETE

References

Link	Resource
https://pierrekim.github.io/blog/2017-02-09-tplink-c2-and-c20i-vulnerable.html	Exploit Technical Description Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

AND

cpe:2.3:o:tp-link:c2_firmware:*:rel.37961n:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:h:tp-link:c2:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 (hide)

AND

cpe:2.3:o:tp-link:c20i_firmware:*:rel.37961n:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:h:tp-link:c20i:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Information

Published : 2017-04-25 13:59

Updated : 2019-10-02 17:03

NVD link : CVE-2017-8218

Mitre link : CVE-2017-8218

JSON object : View

CWE

CWE-1188

Insecure Default Initialization of Resource

Products Affected

tp-link

c2_firmware
c20i
c20i_firmware
c2

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