CVE-2018-5770

CriticalCVSS 9.8/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 9.8/10CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-1188

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

https://www.fidusinfosec.com/tenda-ac15-unauthenticated-telnetd-start-cve-2018-5770/Exploit, Third Party Advisory
https://www.fidusinfosec.com/tenda-ac15-unauthenticated-telnetd-start-cve-2018-5770/Exploit, Third Party Advisory

Timeline

Published: Mar 20, 2018
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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