VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2021-39615

CVSS score9.8 CRITICAL
EPSS probability2.20%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2021-08-23
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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

Weakness classification

  • nvd@nist.gov: CWE-798

Primary references