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.
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 |
History
No history.
MITRE Information
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: zdi
Published: 2022-01-13T21:44:35
Updated: 2022-01-13T21:44:34
Reserved: 2021-06-17T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2021-34979
JSON object: View
NVD Information
Status : Analyzed
Published: 2022-01-13T22:15:12.717
Modified: 2022-01-19T20:12:40.507
Link: CVE-2021-34979
JSON object: View
Redhat Information
No data.
CWE