CVE-2010-4965: D-Link Dcs-2121

High severity, CVSS 9.0. EPSS: 2.8% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

/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.

Affected products

• D-Link Dcs-2121
• D-Link Dcs-2121 Firmware: version 1.04 only

Published 2011-10-16. Last modified 2026-06-16.