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CVE-2018-5770

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2018-03-20 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-1188

Description

An issue was discovered on Tenda AC15 devices. A remote, unauthenticated attacker can make a request to /goform/telnet, creating a telnetd service on the device. This service is password protected; however, several default accounts exist on the device that are root accounts, which can be used to log in.

Affected products

• Tendacn Ac15 Firmware: all versions

References

• https://www.fidusinfosec.com/tenda-ac15-unauthenticated-telnetd-start-cve-2018-5770/
• https://www.fidusinfosec.com/tenda-ac15-unauthenticated-telnetd-start-cve-2018-5770/

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