What is CVE-2015-8288?

CVE-2015-8288 is a medium-severity vulnerability in NETGEAR D3600. CVSS score: 5.9/10. Published 2016-06-20.

How severe is CVE-2015-8288?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.9 out of 10.

Vulnerability in NETGEAR D3600

CVE-2015-8288

NETGEAR D3600 devices with firmware 1.0.0.49 and D6000 devices with firmware 1.0.0.49 and earlier use the same hardcoded private key across different customers' installations, which allows remote attackers to defeat cryptographic protection mechanisms by leveraging knowledge of this key from another installation.

EPSS: 0.019 (77.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.9 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Netgear D3600
Netgear D3600_firmware — versions 1.0.0.49
Netgear D6000
Netgear D6000_firmware
N/a — versions n/a

References

cret@cert.org (US Government Resource, x_refsource_CERT-VN, Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
cret@cert.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2015-8288?: CVE-2015-8288 is a medium-severity vulnerability in NETGEAR D3600. CVSS score: 5.9/10. Published 2016-06-20.
How severe is CVE-2015-8288?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.9 out of 10.