What is CVE-2021-27372?

CVE-2021-27372 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Realtek Xpon Rtl9601d, classified under Insufficiently Protected Credentials. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2021-03-25.

How severe is CVE-2021-27372?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Realtek Xpon Rtl9601d

CVE-2021-27372

Realtek xPON RTL9601D SDK 1.9 stores passwords in plaintext which may allow attackers to possibly gain access to the device with root permissions via the build-in network monitoring tool and execute arbitrary commands.

EPSS: 0.016 (73.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Realtek Xpon_rtl9601d
Realtek Xpon_rtl9601d_software_development_kit — versions 1.9
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-522 — Insufficiently Protected Credentials

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-27372?: CVE-2021-27372 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Realtek Xpon Rtl9601d, classified under Insufficiently Protected Credentials. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2021-03-25.
How severe is CVE-2021-27372?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.