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National Vulnerability Database

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CVE-2025-9091 Detail

Description

A security flaw has been discovered in Tenda AC20 16.03.08.12. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the file /etc_ro/shadow. The manipulation leads to hard-coded credentials. It is possible to launch the attack on the local host. The complexity of an attack is rather high. The exploitation appears to be difficult. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used.


Metrics

 
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CVSS 4.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST CVSS score
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Nist CVSS score does not match with CNA score
CNA:  VulDB
CVSS-BT 2.0 LOW
Vector:  CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P

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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
https://github.com/ZZ2266/.github.io/blob/main/AC20/hardcoded%20password/readme.md CISA-ADP Exploit  Third Party Advisory 
https://github.com/ZZ2266/.github.io/blob/main/AC20/hardcoded%20password/readme.md#description CISA-ADP, VulDB Exploit  Third Party Advisory 
https://github.com/ZZ2266/.github.io/tree/main/AC20/hardcoded%20password/readme.md VulDB Exploit  Third Party Advisory 
https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.320359 VulDB Permissions Required  VDB Entry 
https://vuldb.com/?id.320359 VulDB Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
https://vuldb.com/?submit.632268 VulDB Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
https://www.tenda.com.cn/ VulDB Product 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-259 Use of Hard-coded Password VulDB  
CWE-798 Use of Hard-coded Credentials VulDB  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2025-9091
NVD Published Date:
08/16/2025
NVD Last Modified:
08/21/2025
Source:
VulDB