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Secret Backdoor Account Found in Several Zyxel Firewall, VPN Products

The Hacker Newsby @TheHackersNews ()1 min read2 · 1 read
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Vulnerabilities mentioned

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CVEVulnerabilityCVSSEPSSSignalsPublished
CVE-2020-29583
Hard-Coded 'zyfwp' Admin Backdoor in Zyxel USG Firewall Firmware 4.60
9.890%KEVPoC
KEV

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Zyxel has released a patch to address a critical vulnerability in its firmware concerning a hardcoded, undocumented secret account that could be abused by an attacker to login with administrative privileges and compromise its networking devices. The flaw, tracked as CVE-2020-29583 (CVSS score 7. 8), affects version 4.

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