BE126 WiFI Repeater 1.0 Telnet Service hard-coded credentials

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in BE126 WiFI Repeater 1.0. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component Telnet Service. Performing a manipulation with the input root:root results in hard-coded credentials. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2017-8772. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists. It is suggested to use restrictive firewalling.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in BE126 WiFI Repeater 1.0 (Wireless LAN Software). This affects an unknown code of the component Telnet Service. The manipulation with the input value root:root leads to a hard-coded credentials vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-798. The product contains hard-coded credentials, such as a password or cryptographic key, which it uses for its own inbound authentication, outbound communication to external components, or encryption of internal data. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

On BE126 WIFI repeater 1.0 devices, an attacker can log into telnet (which is open by default) with default credentials as root (username:"root" password:"root") and can: 1. Read the entire file system; 2. Write to the file system; or 3. Execute any code that attacker desires (malicious or not).

The bug was discovered 05/03/2017. The weakness was disclosed 09/20/2017 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at digitalwhisper.co.il. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2017-8772 since 05/03/2017. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1110.001 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 140 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k.

It is possible to mitigate the weakness by firewalling .

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Class: Hard-coded credentials
CWE: CWE-798 / CWE-259 / CWE-255
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Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Firewall
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11/18/2019 +789 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: digitalwhisper.co.il
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2017-8772 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2017-8772
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-106887
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Entryinfo

Created: 09/20/2017 23:19
Updated: 11/18/2019 08:33
Changes: 09/20/2017 23:19 (60), 11/18/2019 08:33 (2)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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