CVE-2020-15634

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Summary

CVECVE-2020-15634
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2020-08-20 01:17:00 UTC
Updated2020-08-24 20:47:00 UTC
DescriptionThis vulnerability allows network-adjacent attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of NETGEAR R6700 routers with firmware 1.0.4.84_10.0.58. Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the handling of string table file uploads. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of a user-supplied string before using it as a format specifier. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of the web server. Was ZDI-CAN-9755.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-134

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Hardware Netgear R6700 v3 All All All
Hardware Netgear R6700 v3 All All All
Operating System Netgear R6700 Firmware All All All All
Operating System Netgear R6700 Firmware All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
ZDI-20-935 | Zero Day Initiative MISC www.zerodayinitiative.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Security Advisory for Pre-Authentication Command Injection on R6700v3, PSV-2020-0189 | Answer | NETGEAR Support MISC kb.netgear.com Vendor Advisory
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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