CVE-2008-1542

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2008-03-28 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-255

Description

Airspan Base Station Distribution Unit (BSDU) has "topsecret" as its password for the root account, which allows remote attackers to obtain administrative access via a telnet login, a different vulnerability than CVE-2008-1262.

Affected products

Airspan Base Station Distribution Unit: all versions

References

http://airspan4wimax.googlepages.com/
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/446403
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41437
http://airspan4wimax.googlepages.com/
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/446403
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41437

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