PT-2008-2856 · Linksys · Linksys Wrt54G

Published 2008-03-10 · Updated 2018-10-11 · CVE-2008-1264

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.5

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linksys WRT54G router (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue concerns the default FTP password being set to 'admin', which enables remote attackers to access sensitive files. These files include nvram.cfg, a file listing all HTML documents, and an ELF executable file.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Improper Authentication

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-287

Related Identifiers

CVE-2008-1264

Affected Products

Linksys Wrt54G

References · 4

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-1264 · Security Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41126 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/archive/1/489009/100/0/threaded · Note
• http://gnucitizen.org/projects/router-hacking-challenge · Note