CVE-2020-10885

Summary

CVECVE-2020-10885
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2020-03-25 21:15:00 UTC
Updated2020-03-31 18:05:00 UTC
DescriptionThis vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of TP-Link Archer A7 Firmware Ver: 190726 AC1750 routers. Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the handling of DNS responses. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of DNS reponses prior to further processing. An attacker can leverage this in conjunction with other vulnerabilities to execute code in the context of the root user. Was ZDI-CAN-9661.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-20

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Hardware Tp-link Ac1750 - All All All
Hardware Tp-link Ac1750 - All All All
Operating System Tp-link Ac1750 Firmware 190726 All All All
Operating System Tp-link Ac1750 Firmware 190726 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
ZDI-20-337 | Zero Day Initiative MISC www.zerodayinitiative.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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