CVE-2015-9266

CVSS V2 High 10 CVSS V3 Critical 9.8
Description
The web management interface of Ubiquiti airMAX, airFiber, airGateway and EdgeSwitch XP (formerly TOUGHSwitch) allows an unauthenticated attacker to upload and write arbitrary files using directory traversal techniques. An attacker can exploit this vulnerability to gain root privileges. This vulnerability is fixed in the following product versions (fixes released in July 2015, all prior versions are affected): airMAX AC 7.1.3; airMAX M (and airRouter) 5.6.2 XM/XW/TI, 5.5.11 XM/TI, and 5.5.10u2 XW; airGateway 1.1.5; airFiber AF24/AF24HD 2.2.1, AF5x 3.0.2.1, and AF5 2.2.1; airOS 4 XS2/XS5 4.0.4; and EdgeSwitch XP (formerly TOUGHSwitch) 1.3.2.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2015-9266
  • Assigner
  • cve@mitre.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Modified
  • Published Version
  • 2018-09-05T20:29:00
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2021-08-12T16:43:11
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-22 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/22.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
AND
cpe:2.3:o:ui:airmax_ac_firmware:7.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:h:ui:airmax_ac:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
AND
cpe:2.3:o:ui:airmax_m_xm_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 5.6.2
cpe:2.3:h:ui:airmax_m_xm:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
AND
cpe:2.3:o:ui:airmax_m_xw_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 5.6.2
cpe:2.3:h:ui:airmax_m_xw:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
AND
cpe:2.3:o:ui:airmax_m_ti_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 5.6.2
cpe:2.3:h:ui:airmax_m_ti:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
AND
cpe:2.3:o:ui:airgateway_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 1.15
cpe:2.3:h:ui:airgateway:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
AND
cpe:2.3:o:ui:airfiber_af24_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 2.2.1
cpe:2.3:h:ui:airfiber_af24:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
AND
cpe:2.3:o:ui:airfiber_af24hd_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 2.2.1
cpe:2.3:h:ui:airfiber_af24hd:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
AND
cpe:2.3:o:ui:af5x_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 3.0.2.1
cpe:2.3:h:ui:af5x:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
AND
cpe:2.3:o:ui:af5_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 2.2.1
cpe:2.3:h:ui:af5:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
AND
cpe:2.3:o:ubnt:airos_4_xs2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 4.0.4
cpe:2.3:o:ubnt:airos_4_xs5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 4.0.4
cpe:2.3:h:ui:airmax_ac:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
cpe:2.3:h:ui:airmax_m:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
AND
cpe:2.3:o:ubnt:edgeswitch_xp_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 1.3.2
cpe:2.3:h:ui:edgeswitch_xp:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Integrity Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Availability Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Base Score
  • 10
  • Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 10
  • Impact Score
  • 10
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.0
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • NONE
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • HIGH
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 9.8
  • Base Severity
  • CRITICAL
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.9
  • Impact Score
  • 5.9
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://www.rapid7.com/db/modules/exploit/linux/ssh/ubiquiti_airos_file_upload Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39853/ Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39701/ Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://hackerone.com/reports/73480 Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://community.ubnt.com/t5/airMAX-Updates-Blog/Security-Release-for-airMAX-TOUGHSwitch-and-airGateway-Released/ba-p/1300494 Patch Vendor Advisory
https://community.ubnt.com/t5/airMAX-Updates-Blog/Important-Security-Notice-and-airOS-5-6-5-Release/ba-p/1565949 Vendor Advisory
https://community.ubnt.com/t5/airMAX-General-Discussion/Virus-attack-URGENT-UBNT/td-p/1562940 Vendor Advisory
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-9266
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-9266
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 06:57:32 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-03 11:47:59 2018-09-05T20:29Z 2018-09-05T20:29:00 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-03 11:47:59 2021-08-12T16:43:11 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-03 11:48:00 Modified Vulnerability Status updated