FKIE_CVE-2015-8289

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2016-06-20 01:59 - Updated: 2026-06-17 00:34
Severity
7.5 (High) - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Summary
The password-recovery feature on NETGEAR D3600 devices with firmware 1.0.0.49 and D6000 devices with firmware 1.0.0.49 and earlier allows remote attackers to discover the cleartext administrator password by reading the cgi-bin/passrec.asp HTML source code.
References
cret@cert.orghttp://kb.netgear.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/30490Vendor Advisory
cret@cert.orghttp://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/778696Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://kb.netgear.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/30490Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/778696Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
netgear d3600_firmware 1.0.0.49
netgear d3600 -
netgear d6000_firmware *
netgear d6000 -
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