Netgear WG602 Wireless Access Point Default Backdoor Account Vulnerability

BID:10459

Info

Netgear WG602 Wireless Access Point Default Backdoor Account Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 10459
Class: Design Error
CVE: CVE-2004-2556
CVE-2004-2557
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Jun 03 2004 12:00AM
Updated: Jun 03 2004 12:00AM
Credit: Discovery is credited to Tom Knienieder <[email protected]>.
Vulnerable: NetGear WG602 Access Point Firmware 1.7.14
NetGear WG602 Access Point Firmware 1.04.0
Not Vulnerable: NetGear WG602v2 Access Point Firmware 3.2 RC6
NetGear WG602v2 Access Point Firmware 3.1 RC5
NetGear WG602v2 Access Point Firmware 3.1 RC2
NetGear WG602v2 Access Point Firmware 2.0 RC5
NetGear WG602v2 Access Point
NetGear WG602 Access Point Firmware 1.7.15

Discussion

Netgear WG602 Wireless Access Point Default Backdoor Account Vulnerability

Netgear WG602 reportedly contains a default administrative account. This issue can allow a remote attacker to gain administrative access to the device.

Netgear WG602 access point with firmware version 1.04.0 is reportedly affected by this issue. It is likely that other versions of the firmware are also vulnerable. It is reported that the new version (1.7.14) of the Firmware for WG602 is vulnerable to this issue as well, however, the username and password for the backdoor account has been changed.

Exploit / POC

Netgear WG602 Wireless Access Point Default Backdoor Account Vulnerability

No exploit is required.

Solution / Fix

Netgear WG602 Wireless Access Point Default Backdoor Account Vulnerability

Solution:
It is alleged that the vendor has released NetGear WG602 Access Point Firmware 1.7.15 to address this issue. This information is not confirmed at the moment. Please contact the vendor for more information.

Currently we are not aware of any vendor-supplied patches for this issue. If you feel we are in error or are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>.

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