mwchang
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 Posted: Tue May 01, 2018 10:57 Post subject: Over 185,000 TP-Link routers vulnerable to remote code execu |
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Full story: <http://www.guru3d.com/news-story/over-185000-tp-link-routers-vulnerable-to-remote-code-execution-(again)-with-no-patch-available.html>
Well over 185,000 TP-Link routers that are connected to the internet have a critical vulnerability, for which no patch is available yet. The vulnerability allows an attacker to execute code remotely on the device.
The routers affected are the TL-WR740N, which suffers from the same vulnerability that was found in theTP-Link TL-WR940N router last year. Both vulnerabilities were discovered by security researcher Tim Carrington from the security company Fidus. While the issue for the TP-Link TL-WR940N was fixed within a week, for the TL-WR740N no patch has been released yet, reports myce:
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