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CVE-2021-27251

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-319 Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information
Publication date:
14/04/2021
Last modified:
27/04/2021

Description

This vulnerability allows network-adjacent attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of NETGEAR Nighthawk R7800. Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability The specific flaw exists within handling of firmware updates. The issue results from a fallback to a insecure protocol to deliver updates. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of root. Was ZDI-CAN-12308.

Impact

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

Base Score: 8.80 HIGH
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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

Base Score 3.x
8.80
Severity 3.x
HIGH
Vector 2.0
AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 8.30 HIGH
Vector: AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Attack Vector (AV): Adjacent
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Complete
Integrity (I): Complete
Availability (A): Complete

Base Score 2.0
8.30
Severity 2.0
HIGH

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:o:netgear:br200_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 5.10.0.5 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:h:netgear:br200:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:netgear:br500_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 5.10.0.5 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:h:netgear:br500:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:netgear:d7800_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1.0.1.60 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:h:netgear:d7800:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:netgear:ex6100v2_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1.0.1.98 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:h:netgear:ex6100:v2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:netgear:ex6150_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1.0.1.98 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:h:netgear:ex6150:v2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:netgear:ex6250_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1.0.0.134 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:h:netgear:ex6250:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:netgear:ex6400_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1.0.2.158 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:h:netgear:ex6400:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:netgear:ex6400v2_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1.0.0.134 (excluding)

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