Firmware Vulnerability Analysis on D-Link DIR-878

The D-Link DIR-878 is a Wi-Fi router that reached its End of Life. Many vulnerabilities were discovered on this device. Today, my task was to help a colleague of mine in its master thesis research project. His project concerns analyzing, studying and locating well known vulnerabilities in firmware. He shared me a curated list of vulnerabilities which needed some analysis so that their data could be added to its thesis. It is important to note that even though I performed this analysis, I have no merit in the content of his thesis whatsoever....

23 July 2024 · 10 min · 2016 words · Jacopo Scannella