CVE intelligence and bounded remediation
CVE-2017-18373 — Billion 5200W-T Firmware security vulnerability
The Billion 5200W-T TCLinux Fw $7.3.8.0 v008 130603 router distributed by TrueOnline has three user accounts with default passwords, including two hardcoded service accounts: one with the username true and password true, and another with the username user3 and and a long password consisting of a repetition of the string 0123456789. These accounts can be used to login to the web interface, exploit authenticated command injections, and change router settings for malicious purposes.
- Severity
- High
- CVSS
- 9 (2.0)
- Published
- 2019-05-02
- CISA KEV
- Not currently listed
- Ecosystem
- operating-system
- Weaknesses
- CWE-798
Affected products
- billion / 5200w-t_firmware / 7.3.8.0
Matched remediation archetype
Authentication bypass and missing authentication
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Check exposure
- Map every affected endpoint and protocol path, including alternate ports, legacy routes, recovery flows, service accounts, and machine-to-machine access.
- Confirm which deployments enable the affected authentication mode and whether the interface is reachable from untrusted networks.
- Review session, token, credential, and proxy trust configuration without attempting account takeover.
Remediate safely
- Apply the supported fix and centralize fail-closed authentication before protected request handling.
- Remove default or embedded credentials, rotate affected secrets and sessions, and bind authentication decisions to the intended audience and channel.
- Add negative tests for alternate routes, malformed or absent credentials, recovery flows, and proxy-derived identity.
Authoritative sources
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