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CVE-2008-1529

17
FAUCET Score

CVE-2008-1529 describes a vulnerability in ZyXEL Prestige routers, including models 660 and 661, where the administrative account enforces an insufficient minimum password length. This weakness significantly eases brute-force attacks, allowing remote attackers to guess passwords more readily. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0, indicating a network-based attack with low complexity and potential for partial confidentiality impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(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 Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

5.0MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.22%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
65.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0122 is in the 44th percentile among its peer group of 23,723 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

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

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/41513
gnucitizen.org / projects/router-hacking-challenge
procheckup.com / Hacking_ZyXEL_Gateways.pdf
securityfocus.com / archive/1/489009/100/0/threaded