What’s Vulnerable › Vulnerabilities

CVE-2020-11618

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2020-08-31 · updated 2026-06-17

Description

THOMSON THT741FTA 2.2.1 and Philips DTR3502BFTA DVB-T2 2.2.1 set-top boxes have their TELNET service hardcoded to start on boot, which allows an attacker on the local network to achieve root access via the TELNET protocol.

Affected products

• Philips Dtr3502Bfta Dvb-T2 Firmware: 2.2.1
• Thomsonstb Tht741Fta Firmware: 2.2.1

References

• https://decoded.avast.io/vladislaviliushin/flaws-in-dvb-t2-set-top-boxes-exposed/
• https://decoded.avast.io/vladislaviliushin/flaws-in-dvb-t2-set-top-boxes-exposed/

Get alerted when CVE-2020-11618 or the next vulnerability affects your stack