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Secunia Advisory SA11849

Edimax EW-7205APL Default Account and Password Disclosure
Secunia Advisory SA11849
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Release Date 2004-06-15
   
Popularity 13,590 views
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Criticality level Moderately criticalModerately critical
Impact Exposure of sensitive information
Where From local network
Authentication level Available in Customer Area
   
Report reliability Available in Customer Area
Solution Status Unpatched
   
Systems affected Available in Customer Area
Approve distribution Available in Customer Area
Remediation status Secunia VIM
   
Operating System
Edimax EW-7205APL Wireless Access Point
Secunia CVSS Score Available in Customer Area
CVE Reference(s) No CVE references.
  

Description

msl has reported a vulnerability in Edimax EW-7205APL, which can be exploited by malicious people to access the access point and disclose administrative passwords.

A default account ("guest"), which reportedly can't be removed, is enabled on the device. This account has permissions to create settings back-up files ("config.bin"), which include all passwords for the device in clear text.

The vulnerability has been reported in firmware release 2.40a-00. Other versions may also be affected.


Solution
Restrict access to administrative interfaces.
Further details available in Customer Area

Provided and/or discovered by
msl

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