CVE-2021-20173

CVSS V2 Medium 6.5 CVSS V3 High 8.8

Description

Netgear Nighthawk R6700 version 1.0.4.120 contains a command injection vulnerability in update functionality of the device. By triggering a system update check via the SOAP interface, the device is susceptible to command injection via preconfigured values.

Overview

CVE ID
CVE-2021-20173

Assigner
vulnreport@tenable.com

Vulnerability Status
Analyzed

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

Last Modified Date
2022-07-12T17:42:04

Weakness Enumerations

CWE	URL
CWE-78	http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/78.html

CPE Configuration (Product)

CPE	Vulnerable	Operator
		AND
cpe:2.3:o:netgear:r6700_firmware:1.0.4.120:::::::*	1	OR
cpe:2.3:h:netgear:r6700:-:::::::*	0	OR

CVSS Version 2

Version
2.0

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

Access Vector
NETWORK

Access Compatibility
LOW

Authentication
SINGLE

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL

Integrity Impact
PARTIAL

Availability Impact
PARTIAL

Base Score
6.5

Severity
MEDIUM

Exploitability Score
8

Impact Score
6.4

CVSS Version 3

Version
3.1

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK

Attack Compatibility
LOW

Privileges Required
LOW

User Interaction
NONE

Scope
UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact
HIGH

Availability Impact
HIGH

Base Score
8.8

Base Severity
HIGH

Exploitability Score
2.8

Impact Score
5.9

References

Reference URL	Reference Tags
https://www.tenable.com/security/research/tra-2021-57	Exploit Third Party Advisory

Sources

Source Name	Source URL
NIST	https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-20173
MITRE	https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-20173

History

Created	Old Value	New Value	Data Type	Notes
2022-05-10 06:37:52				Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-06 05:22:50	2021-12-30T22:15Z	2021-12-30T22:15:09	CVE Published Date	updated
2022-12-06 05:22:50		2022-07-12T17:42:04	CVE Modified Date	updated
2022-12-06 05:22:50		Analyzed	Vulnerability Status	updated