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CVE-2012-6614
D-Link DSR-250N devices before 1.08B31 allow remote authenticated users to obtain "persistent root access" via the BusyBox CLI, as…
High7.2EPSS 3.4%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- mitre
Description
D-Link DSR-250N devices before 1.08B31 allow remote authenticated users to obtain "persistent root access" via the BusyBox CLI, as demonstrated by overwriting the super user password.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 6 years later
· 6 years later
Published
- 4 years later
· 4 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | High7.2 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 3.4% · top 11% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.2.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (2)
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/22930/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/118355/D-Link-DSR-250N-Backdoor.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
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- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
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- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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