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CVE-2021-34979

Published: Jan 13, 2022

Modified: Aug 4, 2024

PUBLISHED

CVSS v3.0

8.8

HIGH

Description

This vulnerability allows network-adjacent attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of NETGEAR R6260 1.1.0.78_1.0.1 routers. Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the handling of SOAP requests. When parsing the SOAPAction header, the process does not properly validate the length of user-supplied data prior to copying it to a fixed-length buffer. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of root. Was ZDI-CAN-13512.

VendorProductVersions

NETGEAR

R6260

affected
1.1.0.78_1.0.1

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-120

CVSS v3.0 Details

CVSS v3.0 Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector

Adjacent

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

References

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