CVE-2020-10923

6.5MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor
Netgear
Status
R6700
Vendor
CVE Published:
28 July 2020

Summary

This vulnerability allows network-adjacent attackers to bypass authentication on affected installations of NETGEAR R6700 V1.0.4.84_10.0.58 routers. Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the UPnP service, which listens on TCP port 5000. A crafted UPnP message can be used to bypass authentication. An attacker can leverage this in conjunction with other vulnerabilities to execute arbitrary code in the context of root. Was ZDI-CAN-9642.

Affected Version(s)

R6700 V1.0.4.84_10.0.58

References

https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-20-703/
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CVSS V3.1

Score:
6.5
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
None
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Adjacent Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

Pedro Ribeiro and Radek Domanski of Team Flashback
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