OS Command Injection in NETGEAR products - CVE-2017-6077
Published: November 15, 2021 / Updated: March 8, 2022
Vulnerability identifier: #VU58125
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:A/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-6077
CWE-ID: CWE-78
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
The vulnerability is being exploited in the wild
Vendor: NETGEAR
Affected software:
DGN2200v1
DGN2200v2
DGN2200v3
DGN2200v4
DGN2200v1
DGN2200v2
DGN2200v3
DGN2200v4
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary shell commands on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to improper input validation in ping.cgi within shell metacharacters in the ping_IPAddr field of an HTTP POST request. A remote unauthenticated attacker can pass specially crafted data to the application and execute arbitrary OS commands on the target system.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.
How to mitigate CVE-2017-6077
Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.