Use of hard-coded credentials in AC15 AC1900 - CVE-2020-10988
Published: July 13, 2020 / Updated: October 5, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU47320
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4.0: 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/E:U/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-10988
CWE-ID: CWE-798
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Shenzhen Tenda Technology Co.,Ltd.
Affected software:
AC15 AC1900
AC15 AC1900
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain full access to vulnerable system.
The vulnerability exists due to presence of hard-coded credentials in application code in the "tenda_login" binary. A remote unauthenticated attacker can access the affected system using the hard-coded credentials and start a telnetd service on the device.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.
How to mitigate CVE-2020-10988
Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.