01 Record
CVE-2008-1160
ZyXEL ZyWALL 1050 has a hard-coded password for the Quagga and Zebra processes that is not changed when it is set by a user, which allows remote attackers to gain privileges.
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
ZyXEL ZyWALL 1050 has a hard-coded password for the Quagga and Zebra processes that is not changed when it is set by a user, which allows remote attackers to gain privileges.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 14.76% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 96.3% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 9.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2008-03-25 00:00Z18 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 08:08Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2008-03-05
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-798Use of Hard-coded CredentialsBase
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 631d2ac36853d808c7b961de1b0b86f35708e9993d1cbfef07499bea9d8302a2
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.securityfocus.com28184http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28184
- www.secumania.orghttp://www.secumania.org/exploits/remote/zyxel-zywall-quagga_zebra-%28default-pass%29-remote-root-vulnerability-2008032143791/
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comzywall-quagga-zebra-default-password(41424)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41424
- www.exploit-db.com5289https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5289
- secunia.com29237http://secunia.com/advisories/29237
- www.vupen.comADV-2008-0990http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0990/references
- packetstormsecurity.orghttp://packetstormsecurity.org/0803-exploits/ZyWALL.pdf