Tenda AC15 Cookie Header Password hard-coded credentials

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as critical has been detected in Tenda AC15. Impacted is an unknown function of the component Cookie Header Handler. This manipulation of the argument Password as part of Parameter causes hard-coded credentials. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2018-5768. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Tenda AC15 (affected version not known). Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown functionality of the component Cookie Header Handler. The manipulation of the argument password as part of a Parameter leads to a hard-coded credentials vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is 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. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

A remote, unauthenticated attacker can gain remote code execution on the the Tenda AC15 router with a specially crafted password parameter for the COOKIE header.

The bug was discovered 03/19/2018. The weakness was presented 03/20/2018 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at fidusinfosec.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2018-5768 since 01/18/2018. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. 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 1 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

See VDB-114824 for similar entry. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 8.5
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 8.5

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VulDB Temp Score: 7.3
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Exploitinginfo

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

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

01/18/2018 🔍
03/19/2018 +60 days 🔍
03/20/2018 +1 days 🔍
03/20/2018 +0 days 🔍
03/21/2018 +1 days 🔍
01/15/2020 +665 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: tenda.com.cn

Advisory: fidusinfosec.com
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2018-5768 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2018-5768
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-114823
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Entryinfo

Created: 03/21/2018 07:35
Updated: 01/15/2020 10:17
Changes: 03/21/2018 07:35 (58), 01/15/2020 10:17 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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