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Some Tenda routers have a firmware backdoor.
The backdoor can be exploited remotely.
Details of the backdoor are easily available.
Several firmware versions released for a popular brand of routers have been found to contain an undocumented backdoor that can allow anyone full access to the hardware.
The brand in question is Tenda, a company that manufactures network equipment such as routers, switches, access points, and video cameras. It's a popular brand that sells hardware via the usual channels, such as Amazon.
The vulnerability was discovered by an anonymous researcher and reported by the CERT Coordination Center (CERT/CC) earlier this week.
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