A vulnerability classified as critical was found in TP-Link TL-SC3130G (Router Operating System) (version now known). This vulnerability affects some unknown processing of the component Firmware. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a credentials management vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-255. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

TP-Link IP Cameras TL-SC3130, TL-SC3130G, TL-SC3171, TL-SC3171G, and possibly other models before beta firmware LM.1.6.18P12_sign6 have an empty password for the hardcoded "qmik" account, which allows remote attackers to obtain administrative access via a TELNET session.

The weakness was published 10/11/2013 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at coresecurity.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2013-2579 since 03/15/2013. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1552.

A public exploit has been developed by Core Security and been published even before and not after the advisory. It is possible to download the exploit at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 70 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Exploit-DB (27289). Similar entries are available at 65262, 65261 and 65259.

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• Router Operating System

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• TP-Link

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• TL-SC3130G

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• commercial

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