Backdoor in DIR-850L - CVE-2016-10178
Published: September 11, 2017 / Updated: January 23, 2019
Vulnerability identifier: #VU8208
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4: 9.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2016-10178
CWE-ID: CWE-200
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to obtain potentially sensitive information.
The weakness exists due to the presence of backdoor code. A remote attacker can obtain passwords via the 'PUT' and 'GET' requests, use backdoor account via Alphanetworks / wrgac25_dlink.2013gui_dir850l to gain access to the router and update the firmware with a custom.
Affected software
DIR-850L
How to mitigate CVE-2016-10178
Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official patch addressing the vulnerability.