CVE-2017-14421 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

D-Link DIR-850L REV. B (with firmware through FW208WWb02) devices have a hardcoded password of wrgac25_dlink.2013gui_dir850l for the Alphanetworks account upon device reset, which allows remote attackers to obtain root access via a TELNET session.

Published: 2017-09-13

Score: 9.8 Critical

EPSS: 2.3% Low

KEV: No

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

AND

cpe:2.3:o:dlink:dir-850l_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:h:dlink:dir-850l:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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No data available yet.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2017-5924	D-Link DIR-850L REV. B (with firmware through FW208WWb02) devices have a hardcoded password of wrgac25_dlink.2013gui_dir850l for the Alphanetworks account upon device reset, which allows remote attackers to obtain root access via a TELNET session.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.02254.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://pierrekim.github.io/blog/2017-09-08-dlink-850l-mydlink-cloud-0days-vulnerabilities.html

History

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Subscriptions

Dlink Dir-850l Dir-850l Firmware

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2017-09-13T17:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-05T19:27:40.567Z

Reserved: 2017-09-13T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2017-14421

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-09-13T17:29:00.527

Modified: 2026-06-17T01:06:06.963

Link: CVE-2017-14421

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-798
Use of Hard-coded Credentials

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