Netgear Nighthawk R6700 version 1.0.4.120 does not have sufficient protections for the UART console. A malicious actor with physical access to the device is able to connect to the UART port via a serial connection and execute commands as the root user without authentication.
References
Link Resource
https://www.tenable.com/security/research/tra-2021-57 Third Party Advisory
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cve-icon MITRE Information

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: tenable

Published: 2021-12-30T21:31:20

Updated: 2021-12-30T21:31:20

Reserved: 2021-12-30T00:00:00


Link: CVE-2021-23147

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cve-icon NVD Information

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2021-12-30T22:15:09.903

Modified: 2022-01-11T14:46:14.493


Link: CVE-2021-23147

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