VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2018-5770

CVSS score9.8 CRITICAL
EPSS probability2.69%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2018-03-20
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Description

An issue was discovered on Tenda AC15 devices. A remote, unauthenticated attacker can make a request to /goform/telnet, creating a telnetd service on the device. This service is password protected; however, several default accounts exist on the device that are root accounts, which can be used to log in.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-1188: Initialization of a Resource with an Insecure Default

Primary references