OS Command Injection in D-Link products - CVE-2018-6530

 

OS Command Injection in D-Link products - CVE-2018-6530

Published: September 7, 2022 / Updated: September 7, 2022


Vulnerability identifier: #VU67064
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-2018-6530
CWE-ID: CWE-78
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: The vulnerability is being exploited in the wild
Vendor: D-Link
Affected software:
DIR-880L
DIR-868L
DIR-860L
Dir-865L

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 the service parameter within the soap.cgi (soapcgi_main in cgibin). 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-2018-6530

Install update from vendor's website.

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