A vulnerability was identified in Qihoo 360 Whole Home Router M5 4.0.17.1566. This issue affects the function Home of the file /etc/init.d/mpt of the component Boot Script. The manipulation leads to hard-coded credentials. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. The exploit is publicly available and might be used. The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way.

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Attack Requirements None

User Interaction None

Vulnerable System Confidentiality Impact High

Vulnerable System Integrity Impact High

Vulnerable System Availability Impact High

Subsequent System Confidentiality Impact High

Subsequent System Integrity Impact High

Subsequent System Availability Impact High

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

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Vendor Product Default status Versions
Qihoo 360 Whole Home Router M5 affected
Version Status Constraints
4.0.17.1566 affected —

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References
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https://gist.github.com/gajgdm6-cpu/c8c3bbdeb51c076317834b41c3a919f2 cve-icon cve-icon
https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2026-121609 cve-icon cve-icon
https://vuldb.com/submit/1023264 cve-icon cve-icon
https://vuldb.com/vuln/430446 cve-icon cve-icon
https://vuldb.com/vuln/430446/cti cve-icon cve-icon
History

Wed, 04 Nov 2026 02:00:00 +0000

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Description A vulnerability was identified in Qihoo 360 Whole Home Router M5 4.0.17.1566. This issue affects the function Home of the file /etc/init.d/mpt of the component Boot Script. The manipulation leads to hard-coded credentials. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. The exploit is publicly available and might be used. The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way.
Title Qihoo 360 Whole Home Router M5 Boot Script mpt start hard-coded credentials
First Time appeared Qihoo 360
Qihoo 360 whole Home Router M5
Weaknesses CWE-259
CWE-798
CPEs cpe:2.3:h:qihoo_360:whole_home_router_m5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Qihoo 360
Qihoo 360 whole Home Router M5
References
Metrics cvssV2_0

{'score': 10, 'vector': 'AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C/E:POC/RL:ND/RC:C'}

cvssV3_0

{'score': 10, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:P/RL:X/RC:C'}

cvssV3_1

{'score': 10, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:P/RL:X/RC:C'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 10, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H/E:P'}

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulDB

Published:

Updated: 2026-11-04T01:45:46.225Z

Reserved: 2026-11-03T16:23:51.359Z

Link: CVE-2026-121609

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2026-11-04T02:17:20.243

Modified: 2026-11-04T02:17:20.413

Link: CVE-2026-121609

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