FKIE_CVE-2017-8218

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2017-04-25 20:59 - Updated: 2025-04-20 01:37
Severity ?
9.8 (Critical) - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
vsftpd on TP-Link C2 and C20i devices through firmware 0.9.1 4.2 v0032.0 Build 160706 Rel.37961n has a backdoor admin account with the 1234 password, a backdoor guest account with the guest password, and a backdoor test account with the test password.
References
cve@mitre.orghttps://pierrekim.github.io/blog/2017-02-09-tplink-c2-and-c20i-vulnerable.htmlExploit, Technical Description, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://pierrekim.github.io/blog/2017-02-09-tplink-c2-and-c20i-vulnerable.htmlExploit, Technical Description, Third Party Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
tp-link c2_firmware *
tp-link c2 -
tp-link c20i_firmware *
tp-link c20i -
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