TP-Link 8840T DSL router default remote management vulnerability

Overview

The TP-Link 8840T DSL router’s remote management feature is enabled by default.

Description

The TP-Link 8840T DSL router allows remote (WAN) internet users access to the administrator web interface of the device by default.

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Impact

A remote unauthenticated attacker may be able to access the administrator web interface of the device.

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Solution

We are currently unaware of a practical solution to this problem.

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Disable the remote management feature

We recommend users disable the remote management feature inside the administrator web interface of the device.

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Vendor Information

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TP-Link Affected

Notified: February 03, 2012 Updated: March 27, 2012

Status

Affected

Vendor Statement

We have not received a statement from the vendor.

Vendor Information

We are not aware of further vendor information regarding this vulnerability.

CVSS Metrics

Group	Score	Vector
Base	7.5	AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Temporal	6.8	E:F/RL:W/RC:C
Environmental	1.8	CDP:L/TD:L/CR:M/IR:M/AR:M

References

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Jakob Lell of TU Berlin AGRS for reporting this vulnerability.

This document was written by Michael Orlando.

Other Information

CVE IDs:	None
Date Public:	2012-04-02 Date First Published: