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CVE-2022-36613· NVD / CVE Program· CNA mitre

TOTOLINK N600R V4.3.0cu.7647_B20210106 was discovered to contain a hardcoded password for root at /etc/shadow.sample.

HighCVSS 7.8 · v3.1—No exploit No fix recorded

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Published
Aug 28, 2022
Updated
Jun 17, 2026
EPSS
0.3% · 20th percentile
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Action score

31

Monitor

Low priority for now.

CVSS
31 / 40 · 7.8 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
0 / 30 · 0.3%

Affected systems

VendorProduct
totolinkn600r firmware
totolinkn600r

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • totolink n600r firmware4.3.0cu.7647_b20210106

Same product

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Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

  • CVE-2022-26187TOTOLINK N600R V4.3.0cu.7570_B20200620 was discovered to contain a command injection vulnerability via the pingCheck function.
    45Plan
  • CVE-2025-51390TOTOLINK N600R V4.3.0cu.7647_B20210106 was discovered to contain a command injection vulnerability via the pin parameter in the setWiFiWpsCo
    40Plan
  • CVE-2022-29399TOTOLINK N600R V4.3.0cu.7647_B20210106 was discovered to contain a stack overflow via the url parameter in the function FUN_00415bf0.
    40Plan
  • CVE-2022-29398TOTOLINK N600R V4.3.0cu.7647_B20210106 was discovered to contain a stack overflow via the File parameter in the function FUN_0041309c.
    40Plan
  • CVE-2022-29397TOTOLINK N600R V4.3.0cu.7647_B20210106 was discovered to contain a stack overflow via the comment parameter in the function FUN_004196c8.
    40Plan
  • CVE-2022-29396TOTOLINK N600R V4.3.0cu.7647_B20210106 was discovered to contain a stack overflow via the comment parameter in the function FUN_00418f10.
    40Plan

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

No fix version is recorded for this entry. Check the references for vendor advisories.

Exploit status

No known public exploit

No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.

Research context

For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.

Timeline

From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.

No dated events beyond publication.

EPSS, last 120 days

FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).

Patch and commit links

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No commit or PR link among the references.

Credits

All researchers

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No credits in the CNA record.

Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

No nightly-computed relations.

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

No known public program.

Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).

Technical details

Attack conditions

  • Someone with local access to the system can trigger it.
  • A low-privileged account is enough.
  • No user action is required.
  • No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality
high · data can be read
Integrity
high · data or configuration can be modified
Availability
high · the service can be disrupted
Attack vector
Local
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality impact
High
Integrity impact
High
Availability impact
High

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-798 · Use of Hard-coded Credentials

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

nvd-primary

Root cause

For convenience in support or manufacturing, an account that is identical on every device is embedded in the software. Credentials learned from one device work on all of them.

The bug in code

The whole CWE-798 class

A representative example of this vulnerability class. Not the vendor's source code; it shows the faulty pattern and its fix.

Vulnerable

ts
const SUPPORT_USER = "support";const SUPPORT_PASS = "hardcoded-password";

Fixed

ts
const creds = await provisioning.deviceCredentials(deviceId);if (creds.mustRotate) await forcePasswordChange(deviceId);

Attack context

MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.

Change log

No changes recorded on tracked fields yet. Score, KEV, exploit maturity and fix status changes appear here.

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