/etc/rc.d/rc.local on the D-Link DCS-2121 camera with firmware 1.04 configures a hardcoded password of admin for the root account, which makes it easier for remote attackers to obtain shell access by leveraging a running telnetd server.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2010-4965 is rated High Exploit Risk (82.8/100): CVSS Critical severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.82%). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +2.18% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.
Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.
| EDB-ID | Source | Kind | Published | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | nvd_ref | exploit_tag | Exploit-DB ↗ |
EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).
| # | Date | Old EPSS score | New EPSS score | Delta (New - Old) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2026-06-15 | 0.63% | 2.82% | +2.18% |
| 2 | 2026-03-02 | 0.53% | 0.63% | +0.10% |
| 3 | 2025-03-30 | — | 0.53% | — |
Full EPSS history (13 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9.0 | 2.0 | HIGH |
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8.0 | 10.0 | [email protected] |
| Vendor | Product | Version | Raw CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| dlink | dcs-2121_firmware | 1.04 | cpe:2.3:a:dlink:dcs-2121_firmware:1.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| dlink | dcs-2121 | — | cpe:2.3:h:dlink:dcs-2121:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |