CVE Vulnerability

CVE-2018-8879

Stack-based buffer overflow in Asuswrt-Merlin firmware for ASUS devices older than 384.4 and ASUS firmware before 3.0.0.4.382.50470 for devices allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by providing a long string to the blocking.asp page via a GET or POST request. Vulnerable parameters are flag, mac, and cat_id.

7.5 /10

CVSS v2.0 :

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 10 / Impact : 6.4

Attack Vector

Attack Complexity

Privileges Required

User Interaction

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

Scope

9.8 /10

CVSS v3.0 : CRITICAL

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References
Link Resource
https://www.asus.com/Networking/RTAC66U/HelpDesk_BIOS Product
https://pagedout.institute/download/PagedOut_001_beta1.pdf Exploit Third Party Advisory
Configurations

Configuration 1
Information

Published : 2019-11-21 04:15

Updated : 2019-12-04 02:08

NVD link : CVE-2018-8879

Mitre link : CVE-2018-8879

Products Affected
No products.
CWE
CWE-787