CVE-2021-39615

CRITICAL

D-Link DSR-500N 1.02 - Use of Hard-coded Credentials in /etc/passwd

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

D-Link DSR-500N version 1.02 contains hard-coded credentials for undocumented user accounts in the '/etc/passwd' file.If an attacker succeeds in recovering the cleartext password of the identified hash value, he will be able to log in via SSH or Telnet and thus gain access to the underlying embedded Linux operating system on the device. Fixed in version 2.12/2. NOTE: This vulnerability only affects products that are no longer supported by the maintainer

References (3)

Core 3
Core References
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://www.dlink.com/en/security-bulletin/
Exploit, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://www.nussko.com/advisories/advisory-2021-08-02.txt

Scores

CVSS v3 9.8
EPSS 0.0227
EPSS Percentile 84.9%
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-798
Status published
Products (1)
dlink/dsr-500n_firmware 1.02
Published Aug 23, 2021
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026