Critical severity · published Apr 23, 2020
CVE-2018-21137
Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by a hardcoded password
9.8
CVSS
1.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by a hardcoded password. This affects D3600 before 1.0.0.76 and D6000 before 1.0.0.76.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.4% · higher than 73% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DF
D3600 Firmware · Netgear
before 1.0.0.76 · source: NVD
DF
D6000 Firmware · Netgear
before 1.0.0.76 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-21137
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-21137
Vendor Advisory
https://kb.netgear.com/000060223/Security-Advisory-for-Hardcoded-Password-on-Some-Modem-Routers-PSV-2018-0099
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