CVE-2008-1268 (GCVE-0-2008-1268)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2008-03-10 17:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 08:17
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Summary
The FTP server on the Linksys WRT54G 7 router with 7.00.1 firmware does not verify authentication credentials, which allows remote attackers to establish an FTP session by sending an arbitrary username and password.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
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Date Public
2008-02-29 00:00
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