CVE-2014-2718

Summary

CVECVE-2014-2718
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2014-11-04 22:55:00 UTC
Updated2017-08-29 01:34:00 UTC
DescriptionASUS RT-AC68U, RT-AC66R, RT-AC66U, RT-AC56R, RT-AC56U, RT-N66R, RT-N66U, RT-N56R, RT-N56U, and possibly other RT-series routers before firmware 3.0.0.4.376.x do not verify the integrity of firmware (1) update information or (2) downloaded updates, which allows man-in-the-middle (MITM) attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted image.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-345

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Hardware Asus Rt-ac56r All All All All
Hardware Asus Rt-ac56r All All All All
Hardware Asus Rt-ac66r All All All All
Hardware Asus Rt-ac66r All All All All
Hardware Asus Rt-ac66u All All All All
Hardware Asus Rt-ac66u All All All All
Hardware Asus Rt-ac68u All All All All
Hardware Asus Rt-ac68u All All All All
Hardware Asus Rt-n56r All All All All
Hardware Asus Rt-n56r All All All All
Hardware Asus Rt-n56u All All All All
Hardware Asus Rt-n56u All All All All
Hardware Asus Rt-n66r All All All All
Hardware Asus Rt-n66r All All All All
Hardware Asus Rt-n66u All All All All
Hardware Asus Rt-n66u All All All All
Operating System Asus Rt Series Firmware All All All All
Operating System T-mobile Tm-ac1900 3.0.0.4.376_3169 All All All
Operating System T-mobile Tm-ac1900 3.0.0.4.376_3169 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Malformed Request BID www.securityfocus.com
IBM X-Force Exchange XF exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Full Disclosure: CVE-2014-2718: ASUS wireless router updates are vulnerable to a MITM attack FULLDISC seclists.org Exploit
ASUS Router Man-In-The-Middle ≈ Packet Storm MISC packetstormsecurity.com Exploit
(CVE-2014-2718) ASUS wireless router updates vulnerable to a Man in the Middle attack | David Longenecker MISC dnlongen.blogspot.com Exploit
How-to guides: Wi-Fi CellSpot Router | T-Mobile Support CONFIRM support.t-mobile.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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