CVE-2024-7155

TOTOLINK A3300R shadow.sample hard-coded password

MEDIUM
4.7
CVSS Score
Published: July 28, 2024 at 10:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 08:19 AM UTC
2 products affected across 1 vendorA3300R FirmwareA3300R

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Severity
MEDIUM4.7
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.3%
SSVC
PoC

Description

A vulnerability has been found in TOTOLINK A3300R 17.0.0cu.557_B20221024 and classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the file /etc/shadow.sample. The manipulation leads to use of hard-coded password. It is possible to launch the attack on the local host. The complexity of an attack is rather high. The exploitation appears to be difficult. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The identifier VDB-272569 was assigned to this vulnerability. NOTE: The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way.

Affected

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

Remediation

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SSVC — Action Prioritization

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CVSS

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
HIGH
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
NONE
Availability
NONE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-259CWE-798

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