CVE-2017-8220

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Summary

CVECVE-2017-8220
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-04-25 20:59:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-20 01:37:25 UTC
DescriptionTP-Link C2 and C20i devices through firmware 0.9.1 4.2 v0032.0 Build 160706 Rel.37961n allow remote code execution with a single HTTP request by placing shell commands in a "host=" line within HTTP POST data.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.0 9.9 CRITICAL from [email protected]

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Problem Types: CWE-78 | n/a

VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.0[email protected]Primary9.9CRITICALCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
2.0[email protected]Primary9AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS v3.0 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Changed
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
Single
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Hardware Tp-link C2 - All All All
Hardware Tp-link C20i - All All All
Operating System Tp-link C20i Firmware All rel.37961n All All
Operating System Tp-link C2 Firmware All rel.37961n All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
TP-Link C2 and C20i vulnerable to command injection (authenticated root RCE), DoS, improper firewall rules - IT Security Research by Pierre af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 pierrekim.github.io Exploit, Technical Description, Third Party Advisory
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