Vulnerabilities > CVE-2017-11519 - Incorrect Usage of Seeds in Pseudo-Random Number Generator (PRNG) vulnerability in Tp-Link Archer C9 (2.0) Firmware 160517

047910
CVSS 9.8 - CRITICAL
Attack vector
NETWORK
Attack complexity
LOW
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
HIGH
Integrity impact
HIGH
Availability impact
HIGH
network
low complexity
tp-link
CWE-335
critical

Summary

passwd_recovery.lua on the TP-Link Archer C9(UN)_V2_160517 allows an attacker to reset the admin password by leveraging a predictable random number generator seed. This is fixed in C9(UN)_V2_170511.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
OS
Tp-Link
1
Hardware
Tp-Link
1