CVE-2018-5999

9.8CRITICAL

Key Information:

Vendor
Asus
Status
Asuswrt
Vendor
CVE Published:
22 January 2018

Badges

👾 Exploit Exists🟡 Public PoC🟣 EPSS 25%

Summary

An issue was discovered in AsusWRT before 3.0.0.4.384_10007. In the handle_request function in router/httpd/httpd.c, processing of POST requests continues even if authentication fails.

Exploit Proof of Concept (PoC)

PoC code is written by security researchers to demonstrate the vulnerability can be exploited. PoC code is also a key component for weaponization which could lead to ransomware.

Metasploit exploit module for CVE-2018-5999
Created by Rapid7

References

https://github.com/pedrib/PoC/blob/master/advisories/asus...
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https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44176/
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https://blogs.securiteam.com/index.php/archives/3589
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EPSS Score

25% chance of being exploited in the next 30 days.

CVSS V3.1

Score:
9.8
Severity:
CRITICAL
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
High
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • 🟡

    Public PoC available

  • 👾

    Exploit known to exist

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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