CVE-2017-9466

N/A
Published: June 26, 2017 at 07:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:28 AM UTC
2 products affected across 1 vendorWR841N V8 FirmwareWr841N V8

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.5%

Description

The executable httpd on the TP-Link WR841N V8 router before TL-WR841N(UN)_V8_170210 contained a design flaw in the use of DES for block encryption. This resulted in incorrect access control, which allowed attackers to gain read-write access to system settings through the protected router configuration service tddp via the LAN and Ath0 (Wi-Fi) interfaces.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v ≤ tl-wr841n_v8_140724
tp-link-tl-wr841n (same device)
All versions

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

References (1)

x_refsource_MISCExploitTechnical DescriptionThird Party Advisory
http://blog.senr.io/blog/cve-2017-9466-why-is-my-router-blinking-morse-code

CVSS

Confidentiality
PARTIAL
Integrity
PARTIAL
Availability
PARTIAL
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-327

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