Arbitrary File Deletion Vulnerability in Peplink Balance Devices
CVE-2017-8841

8.1HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor

Peplink

Status
B305hw2 Firmware
Vendor
CVE Published:
5 June 2017

What is CVE-2017-8841?

An arbitrary file deletion vulnerability exists in Peplink Balance devices, allowing attackers to exploit the absolute path traversal in the cgi-bin/MANGA/firmware_process.cgi file. This issue affects devices with firmware versions prior to fw-b305hw2_380hw6_580hw2_710hw3_1350hw2_2500-7.0.1-build2093, enabling unauthorized deletion of files through manipulation of the upfile.path parameter.

References

http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2017/Jun/1
x_refsource_MISC
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42130/
exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
https://www.x41-dsec.de/lab/advisories/x41-2017-005-peplink/
x_refsource_MISC

CVSS V3.1

Score:
8.1
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
None
Integrity:
High
Availability:
None
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
Low
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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