CVE-2008-1524 describes a critical vulnerability in ZyXEL Prestige P-660 and P-661 routers running specific firmware versions, where the SNMP service defaults to "public" for both read and write community strings. This allows unauthenticated remote attackers to perform administrative actions, such as reading sensitive information like Dynamic DNS passwords or injecting cross-site scripting (XSS) into system variables. With a CVSS score of 7.5, this vulnerability is considered highly severe due to its network-based attack vector, low complexity, and potential for partial compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While no active exploitation or public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB) has been identified, and community discussion remains minimal, the inherent risk of default credentials makes this a significant concern for affected devices.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
h-d1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:h:zyxel:prestige_660:h-d1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
h-d3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:h:zyxel:prestige_660:h-d3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
hw-d1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:h:zyxel:prestige_661:hw-d1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.40CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:h:zyxel:zynos:3.40:agd.2:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.40CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:h:zyxel:zynos:3.40:agl.3:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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