FKIE_CVE-2008-1542

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2008-03-28 23:44 - Updated: 2026-06-16 22:51
Severity
Summary
Airspan Base Station Distribution Unit (BSDU) has "topsecret" as its password for the root account, which allows remote attackers to obtain administrative access via a telnet login, a different vulnerability than CVE-2008-1262.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://airspan4wimax.googlepages.com/Exploit
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/446403US Government Resource
cve@mitre.orghttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41437
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://airspan4wimax.googlepages.com/Exploit
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/446403US Government Resource
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41437
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
airspan base_station_distribution_unit *
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