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CVE-2008-1524 Details

Description

The SNMP service on ZyXEL Prestige routers, including P-660 and P-661 models with firmware 3.40(AGD.2) through 3.40(AHQ.3), has "public" as its default community for both (1) read and (2) write operations, which allows remote attackers to perform administrative actions via SNMP, as demonstrated by reading the Dynamic DNS service password or inserting an XSS sequence into the system.sysName.0 variable, which is displayed on the System Status page.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
http://www.gnucitizen.org/projects/router-hacking-challenge/ CVE
http://www.procheckup.com/Hacking_ZyXEL_Gateways.pdf CVE
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489009/100/0/threaded CVE
http://www.gnucitizen.org/projects/router-hacking-challenge/ [email protected]
http://www.procheckup.com/Hacking_ZyXEL_Gateways.pdf [email protected]

see all 6 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-16Configuration[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
zyxel prestige 660
h-d1
h-d3

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:h:zyxel:prestige_660:h-d1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:h:zyxel:prestige_660:h-d3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
zyxel prestige 661
hw-d1

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:h:zyxel:prestige_661:hw-d1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
zyxel zynos
3.40 agd.2
3.40 agl.3
3.40 ahq.0
3.40 ahq.3
3.40 ahz.0

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:h:zyxel:zynos:3.40:agd.2:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:h:zyxel:zynos:3.40:agl.3:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:h:zyxel:zynos:3.40:ahq.0:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:h:zyxel:zynos:3.40:ahq.3:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:h:zyxel:zynos:3.40:ahz.0:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:h:zyxel:zynos:3.40:atm.0:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

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QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2008-1524
NVD Published Date:
Mar 26, 2008
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 16, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2008-1524 Details - Not Deferred