NETGEAR WGT624 Default Account credentials management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in NETGEAR WGT624 and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component Default Account. The manipulation leads to credentials management. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2006-1002. No exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in NETGEAR WGT624 (Wireless LAN Software) (the affected version unknown). It has been rated as critical. This issue affects an unknown part of the component Default Account. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a credentials management vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-255. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

NETGEAR WGT624 Wireless DSL router has a default account of super_username "Gearguy" and super_passwd "Geardog", which allows remote attackers to modify the configuration. NOTE: followup posts have suggested that this might not occur with all WGT624 routers.

The weakness was disclosed 03/06/2006 with Intel (Website). The advisory is shared at securityfocus.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2006-1002 since 03/06/2006. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 09/06/2017). MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1552 for this issue.

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

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (24926) and SecurityFocus (BID 16835†). The entry VDB-28998 is pretty similar. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Temp Score: 8.6

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Credentials management
CWE: CWE-255
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Unproven

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Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

02/27/2006 🔍
03/06/2006 +7 days 🔍
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03/12/2015 +3293 days 🔍
09/06/2017 +909 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: netgear.com

Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Organization: Intel
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2006-1002 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2006-1002
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-28997
X-Force: 24926 - NETGEAR WGT624 default admin account
SecurityFocus: 16835 - Netgear WGT624 Wireless Access Point Default Backdoor Account Vulnerability

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/12/2015 12:19
Updated: 09/06/2017 14:50
Changes: 03/12/2015 12:19 (50), 09/06/2017 14:50 (5)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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