Command injection in DIR-850L - CVE-2017-14429

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Command injection in DIR-850L - CVE-2017-14429

Published: September 11, 2017 / Updated: January 23, 2019


Vulnerability identifier: #VU8211
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:U/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-14429
CWE-ID: CWE-77
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: D-Link
Affected software:
DIR-850L

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain elevated privileges.

The weakness exists due to command injection flaw in router's internal DHCP client. A remote attacker can inject and execute arbitrary commands to perform actions with root privileges.


How to mitigate CVE-2017-14429

Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official patch addressing the vulnerability.


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