CVE Catalog

CVE-2005-1566

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

The Acrowave AAP-3100AR wireless router allows remote attackers to bypass authentication by pressing CTRL-C at the username or password prompt in a telnet session, which causes the shell to crash and restart, then leave the user in the new shell.

Risk Assessment

An attacker can gain unauthorized access to the router's management interface, potentially leading to full device and network compromise.

Recommendation

Update the router firmware to the latest version or replace the device with a model not affected by this vulnerability. If no update is available, restrict telnet access to trusted networks only.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

Acrowave AAP-3100AR wireless router allows remote attackers to bypass authentication by pressing CTRL-C at the username or password prompt in a telnet session, which causes the shell to crash and restart, then leave the user in the new shell.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS