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CVE-2008-1160

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2008-1160 describes a critical vulnerability in ZyXEL ZyWALL 1050 and its firmware, where hard-coded passwords for the Quagga and Zebra processes persist even after user modification. This allows remote attackers to gain elevated privileges. With a CVSS score of 9.8 (CRITICAL), the vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low attack complexity, leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not currently listed on CISA's KEV catalog, public exploit code exists, including an ExploitDB entry for remote code execution, though there is no evidence of active exploitation or significant community discussion.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:zyxel:zywall_1050_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

9.8CRITICAL

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
14.76%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
96.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-5289 · Mar 21, 2008
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.1476 is in the 92nd percentile among its peer group of 36,897 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

packetstormsecurity.org / 0803-exploits/ZyWALL.pdf
Broken Link
secunia.com / advisories/29237
Broken LinkVendor Advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/41424
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
exploit-db.com / exploits/5289
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
secumania.org / exploits/remote/zyxel-zywall-quagga_zebra-%28default-pass%29-remote-root-vulnerability-2008032143791
Broken LinkURL Repurposed
securityfocus.com / bid/28184
Broken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
vupen.com / english/advisories/2008/0990/references
Broken LinkVendor Advisory