Man-in-the-middle attack in DIR-850L - CVE-2017-14422
Published: September 11, 2017 / Updated: January 23, 2019
Vulnerability identifier: #VU8207
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-14422
CWE-ID: CWE-321
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: D-Link
Affected software:
DIR-850L
DIR-850L
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to conduct man-in-the-middle attack.
The weakness exists due to use of hardcoded private encryption keys for TCP tunnel. A remote attacker can extract these encryption keys and perform MitM attacks to read and modify arbitrary data on the system.
How to mitigate CVE-2017-14422
Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official patch addressing the vulnerability.