TCP backdoor 32764 or how we could patch the Internet (or part of it ;))

Published

2014-01-21 23:00

Collected

2026-07-08 12:44

---
id: 4577
title: "TCP backdoor 32764 or how we could patch the Internet (or part of it ;))"
source_domain: blog.quarkslab.com
source_url: "https://blog.quarkslab.com/tcp-backdoor-32764-or-how-we-could-patch-the-internet-or-part-of-it.html"
published_at: "2014-01-21T23:00:00Z"
tags: ["exploitation", "iot", "backdoor", "router", "masscan", "linksys"]
phying_url: "https://phying.com/item/4577"
lang: en
---

# TCP backdoor 32764 or how we could patch the Internet (or part of it ;))

## Summary

The 32764 router backdoor: unauthenticated remote shell and credential dumping, a scan finding it open on about a million IPv4 hosts, and a way to permanently remove it from Linksys WAG200G routers.

## Intelligence Metadata

- **Sources:** blog.quarkslab.com
- **Published:** 2014-01-21T23:00:00Z
- **Original:** https://blog.quarkslab.com/tcp-backdoor-32764-or-how-we-could-patch-the-internet-or-part-of-it.html
- **Phying News:** https://phying.com/item/4577