CVE-2019-20217

Summary

CVECVE-2019-20217
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2020-01-29 03:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 03:08:00 UTC
DescriptionD-Link DIR-859 1.05 and 1.06B01 Beta01 devices allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary OS commands via the urn: to the M-SEARCH method in ssdpcgi() in /htdocs/cgibin, because SERVER_ID is mishandled. The value of the urn: service/device is checked with the strstr function, which allows an attacker to concatenate arbitrary commands separated by shell metacharacters.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-78

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Hardware Dlink Dir-859 - All All All
Hardware Dlink Dir-859 - All All All
Operating System Dlink Dir-859 Firmware 1.05 All All All
Operating System Dlink Dir-859 Firmware 1.06b01 beta01 All All
Operating System Dlink Dir-859 Firmware 1.05 All All All
Operating System Dlink Dir-859 Firmware 1.06b01 beta01 All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
D-Link DIR-859 — RCE Unauthenticated (CVE-2019–20216 — CVE-2019–20217) [EN] | by Miguel Méndez Z. | Medium MISC medium.com Exploit, Third Party Advisory
D-Link DIR-859 — RCE Unauthenticated (CVE-2019–20216 — CVE-2019–20217) [EN] | by Miguel Méndez Z. | Medium medium.com
D-Link DIR-859 — RCE Unauthenticated (CVE-2019–20216 — CVE-2019–20217) [ES] | by Miguel Méndez Z. | Medium MISC medium.com Exploit, Third Party Advisory
D-Link Technical Support CONFIRM supportannouncement.us.dlink.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
D-Link DIR-859 — RCE Unauthenticated (CVE-2019–20216 — CVE-2019–20217) [ES] | by Miguel Méndez Z. | Medium medium.com
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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