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In my previous post, I demonstrated how to gain root access by enabling a Telnet daemon via the router’s AT-over-TCP interface. In this post I will close this gaping security hole by replacing the Telnet with a Secure Shell (SSH) daemon. Netgear’s firmware does not ship with an SSH daemon itself....
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After gaining root access to the device in the first post of this series, we will have a closer look at the device and its firmware. This post is documenting some internals of the device which is not the most exciting stuff to read. I mainly collected it here for documentation purposes. All...
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This blog post covers the required steps to gain root access via Telnet on Netgear Nighthawk Mobile 5G/LTE Routers. It’s the first post in a small series covering my experiences playing around with this device. Last month I obtained one of Netgear’s latest mobile 5G routers, the Netgear Nighthawk...