CVE-2021-27372
CRITICALRealtek xPON RTL9601D SDK 1.9 - Privilege Escalation
Title source: llmDescription
Realtek xPON RTL9601D SDK 1.9 stores passwords in plaintext which may allow attackers to possibly gain access to the device with root permissions via the build-in network monitoring tool and execute arbitrary commands.
References (1)
Core 1
Core References
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://www.realtek.com/images/safe-report/RTL9601D_CVE-2021-27372.pdf
Scores
CVSS v3
9.8
EPSS
0.0164
EPSS Percentile
73.2%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Details
CWE
CWE-522
Status
published
Products (1)
realtek/xpon_rtl9601d_software_development_kit
1.9
Published
Mar 25, 2021
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026