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high8.0

CVE-2022-27647

This vulnerability allows network-adjacent attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of NETGEAR R6700v3 1.0.4.120_10.0.91 routers.

Impact

This vulnerability allows network-adjacent attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of NETGEAR R6700v3 1.0.4.120_10.0.91 routers. Although authentication is required to exploit this vulnerability, the existing authentication mechanism can be bypassed. The specific flaw exists within the handling of the name or email field provided to libreadycloud.so. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of a user-supplied string before using it to execute a system call. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of root. Was ZDI-CAN-15874.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versions
NetgearCax80 Firmware
before 2.1.3.7
NetgearLax20 Firmware
before 1.1.6.34
NetgearMr60 Firmware
before 1.1.6.124
NetgearMr80 Firmware
before 1.1.6.14
NetgearMs60 Firmware
before 1.1.6.124
NetgearMs80 Firmware
before 1.1.6.14
NetgearR6400 Firmware
before 1.0.1.78
before 1.0.4.126
NetgearR6700 Firmware
before 1.0.4.126
NetgearR6900p Firmware
before 1.3.3.148
NetgearR7000 Firmware
before 1.0.11.134
NetgearR7000p Firmware
before 1.3.3.148
NetgearR7850 Firmware
before 1.0.5.84

Weakness classification

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