CVE-2017-11519 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

passwd_recovery.lua on the TP-Link Archer C9(UN)_V2_160517 allows an attacker to reset the admin password by leveraging a predictable random number generator seed. This is fixed in C9(UN)_V2_170511.

Published: 2017-07-21

Score: 9.8 Critical

EPSS: 3.1% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

AND

cpe:2.3:o:tp-link:archer_c9_\(2.0\)_firmware:160517:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:h:tp-link:archer_c9_\(2.0\):-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

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No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.03051.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.tp-link.com/en/download/Archer-C9_V2.html#Firmware
https://devcraft.io/posts/2017/07/21/tp-link-archer-c9-admin-password-reset.html

History

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Subscriptions

Tp-link Archer C9 \(2.0\) Archer C9 \(2.0\) Firmware

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2017-07-21T21:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-09-16T18:39:08.245Z

Reserved: 2017-07-21T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2017-11519

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-07-21T21:29:00.277

Modified: 2026-06-17T01:01:55.717

Link: CVE-2017-11519

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-335
Incorrect Usage of Seeds in Pseudo-Random Number Generator (PRNG)

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