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CVE-2018-3953

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-78 OS Command Injections
Publication date:
17/10/2018
Last modified:
26/04/2023

Description

Devices in the Linksys ESeries line of routers (Linksys E1200 Firmware Version 2.0.09 and Linksys E2500 Firmware Version 3.0.04) are susceptible to OS command injection vulnerabilities due to improper filtering of data passed to and retrieved from NVRAM. Data entered into the 'Router Name' input field through the web portal is submitted to apply.cgi as the value to the 'machine_name' POST parameter. When the 'preinit' binary receives the SIGHUP signal, it enters a code path that continues until it reaches offset 0x0042B5C4 in the 'start_lltd' function. Within the 'start_lltd' function, a 'nvram_get' call is used to obtain the value of the user-controlled 'machine_name' NVRAM entry. This value is then entered directly into a command intended to write the host name to a file and subsequently executed.

Impact

Vector 3.x
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 7.20 HIGH
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): High
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): High
Integrity (I): High
Availability (A): High

Base Score 3.x
7.20
Severity 3.x
HIGH
Vector 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 9.00 HIGH
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): Single
Confidentiality (C): Complete
Integrity (I): Complete
Availability (A): Complete

Base Score 2.0
9.00
Severity 2.0
HIGH

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:o:linksys:e1200_firmware:2.0.09:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:h:linksys:e1200:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linksys:e2500_firmware:3.0.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:h:linksys:e2500:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page


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