Vulnerability · Published Jun 17, 2024 · Assigned by twcert

CVE-2024-6045D-Link router - Hidden Backdoor

High 8.8

In plain English

A high-severity hard-coded credentials in E15 from D-Link. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 6.3% (higher than 94% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)8.8High
Exploit odds (30 days)6.3%top 6.4% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

Certain models of D-Link wireless routers contain an undisclosed factory testing backdoor. Unauthenticated attackers on the local area network can force the device to enable Telnet service by accessing a specific URL and can log in by using the administrator credentials obtained from analyzing the firmware.

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
D-Link G403 earlier – before 1.10.01
D-Link G415 earlier – before 1.10.01
D-Link G416 earlier – before 1.10.01
D-Link M18 earlier – before 1.10.01
D-Link R03 earlier – before 1.10.01
D-Link R04 earlier – before 1.10.01
D-Link R12 earlier – before 1.10.01
D-Link R18 earlier – before 1.10.01
D-Link E30 earlier – before 1.10.02
D-Link M30 earlier – before 1.10.02
D-Link M32 earlier – before 1.10.02
D-Link M60 earlier – before 1.10.02
D-Link R32 earlier – before 1.10.02
D-Link E15 earlier – before 1.20.01
D-Link R15 earlier – before 1.20.01

Weakness: CWE-912, CWE-798 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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