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Unscored Public exploit CVE-2017-11519 EUVD-2017-3135GHSA-frjm-wvvg-4gw5

passwd_recovery.lua on the TP-Link Archer C9(UN)_V2_160517 allows an attacker to reset the admin password by leveraging a predictable rando…

Published Jul 21, 2017 · Updated Sep 16, 2024 · Assigned by mitre

Description

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.

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