### [CVE-2017-11519](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-11519)
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### Description

passwd_recovery.lua on the TP-Link Archer C9(UN)_V2_160517 allows an attacker to reset the admin password by leveraging a predictable random number generator seed. This is fixed in C9(UN)_V2_170511.

### POC

#### Reference
- https://devcraft.io/posts/2017/07/21/tp-link-archer-c9-admin-password-reset.html

#### Github
- https://github.com/vakzz/tplink-CVE-2017-11519