CVE-2018-18754 describes a critical backdoor vulnerability in ZyXEL VMG3312-B10B 1.00(AAPP.7) devices, where a hardcoded root account with a discoverable password hash exists in the default configuration file. This vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 9.8 (CRITICAL), indicating it can be exploited remotely without authentication, leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no evidence of active exploitation, nor publicly available exploit code in common repositories, the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion, suggesting awareness among security researchers.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
1.00\(aapp.7\)CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:zyxel:vmg3312-b10b_firmware:1.00\(aapp.7\):*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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.
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 records are not available for this CVE.