CVE Vulnerability

CVE-2021-34979

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.

8.3 /10

CVSS v2.0 :

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 6.5 / Impact : 10

Attack Vector

Attack Complexity

Privileges Required

User Interaction

Confidentiality Impact COMPLETE

Integrity Impact COMPLETE

Availability Impact COMPLETE

Scope

8.8 /10

CVSS v3.0 : HIGH

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.8 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector ADJACENT_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://kb.netgear.com/000064261/Security-Advisory-for-Vertical-Privilege-Escalation-on-Some-Routers-PSV-2021-0152?article=000064261 Vendor Advisory
https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-21-1241/ Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
Configurations

Configuration 1
Information

Published : 2022-01-13 10:15

Updated : 2022-01-19 08:12

NVD link : CVE-2021-34979

Mitre link : CVE-2021-34979

Products Affected

Netgear

R6260 Firmware

CWE
CWE-120