CVE-2021-34978

CVSS V2 High 8.3 CVSS V3 High 8.8
Description
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 setupwizard.cgi page. A crafted SOAP request can trigger an overflow of a fixed-length stack-based buffer. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of root. Was ZDI-CAN-13511.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2021-34978
  • Assigner
  • zdi-disclosures@trendmicro.com
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2022-01-13T22:15:12
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2022-01-20T14:53:48
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-787 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/787.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
AND
cpe:2.3:o:netgear:r6260_firmware:1.1.0.78_1.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:h:netgear:r6260:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
  • Access Vector
  • ADJACENT_NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Integrity Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Availability Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Base Score
  • 8.3
  • Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 6.5
  • Impact Score
  • 10
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.1
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • ADJACENT_NETWORK
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • NONE
  • 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://kb.netgear.com/000064258/Security-Advisory-for-Vertical-Privilege-Escalation-on-Some-Routers-DSL-Modem-Routers-and-Access-Points-PSV-2021-0151-and-PSV-2021-0170?article=000064258 Vendor Advisory
https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-21-1240/ Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-34978
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-34978
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 06:36:57 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-06 06:33:12 2022-01-13T22:15Z 2022-01-13T22:15:12 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-06 06:33:12 2022-01-20T14:53:48 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-06 06:33:12 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated