CVE-2010-4965

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2011-10-16 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-255

Description

/etc/rc.d/rc.local on the D-Link DCS-2121 camera with firmware 1.04 configures a hardcoded password of admin for the root account, which makes it easier for remote attackers to obtain shell access by leveraging a running telnetd server.

Affected products

Dlink Dcs-2121: all versions
Dlink Dcs-2121 Firmware: 1.04

References

http://newsoft-tech.blogspot.com/2010/09/d-link-dcs-2121-and-state-of-embedded.html
http://newsoft-tech.blogspot.com/2010/09/d-link-dcs-2121-and-state-of-embedded.html

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