CVE-2021-20171

CVSS V2 Low 2.1 CVSS V3 Medium 5.5

Description

Netgear RAX43 version 1.0.3.96 stores sensitive information in plaintext. All usernames and passwords for the device's associated services are stored in plaintext on the device. For example, the admin password is stored in plaintext in the primary configuration file on the device.

Overview

CVE ID
CVE-2021-20171

Assigner
vulnreport@tenable.com

Vulnerability Status
Analyzed

Published Version
2021-12-30T22:15:09

Last Modified Date
2022-01-11T14:36:09

Weakness Enumerations

CWE	URL
CWE-312	http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/312.html

CPE Configuration (Product)

CPE	Vulnerable	Operator
		AND
cpe:2.3:o:netgear:rax43_firmware:1.0.3.96:::::::*	1	OR
cpe:2.3:h:netgear:rax43:-:::::::*	0	OR

CVSS Version 2

Version
2.0

Vector String
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Access Vector
LOCAL

Access Compatibility
LOW

Authentication
NONE

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL

Integrity Impact
NONE

Availability Impact
NONE

Base Score
2.1

Severity
LOW

Exploitability Score
3.9

Impact Score
2.9

CVSS Version 3

Version
3.1

Vector String
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector
LOCAL

Attack Compatibility
LOW

Privileges Required
LOW

User Interaction
NONE

Scope
UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact
HIGH

Availability Impact
NONE

Base Score
5.5

Base Severity
MEDIUM

Exploitability Score
1.8

Impact Score
3.6

References

Reference URL	Reference Tags
https://www.tenable.com/security/research/tra-2021-55	Third Party Advisory

Sources

Source Name	Source URL
NIST	https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-20171
MITRE	https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-20171

History

Created	Old Value	New Value	Data Type	Notes
2022-05-10 06:37:52				Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-06 05:22:41	2021-12-30T22:15Z	2021-12-30T22:15:09	CVE Published Date	updated
2022-12-06 05:22:41		2022-01-11T14:36:09	CVE Modified Date	updated
2022-12-06 05:22:41		Analyzed	Vulnerability Status	updated