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CVE-2021-39615
CRITICAL · CVSS 9.8
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2021-08-23T22:15:28.937 · Last modified 2026-06-17T04:03:53.270

Summary

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

Affected products

dlink — dsr-500n_firmware

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