High severity · published Jun 20, 2016
CVE-2015-8289
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…
7.5
CVSS
2.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)2.2% · higher than 83% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DF
D3600 Firmware · Netgear
1.0.0.49 · source: NVD
DF
D6000 Firmware · Netgear
through 1.0.0.49 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-8289
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-8289
Vendor Advisory
http://kb.netgear.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/30490
Third Party Advisory
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/778696
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