CVE-2021-34978

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.

CVSS v3 8.8 HIGH
CVSS v2.0 8.3 HIGH

8.8^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.8 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector ADJACENT_NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

8.3^/10

CVSS v2.0 : HIGH

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

Exploitability : 6.5 / Impact : 10.0

Access Vector ADJACENT_NETWORK

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact COMPLETE

Integrity Impact COMPLETE

Availability Impact COMPLETE

References

Link	Resource
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
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

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

AND

cpe:2.3:o:netgear:r6260_firmware:1.1.0.78_1.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:h:netgear:r6260:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2022-01-13 22:15

Updated : 2024-11-21 06:11

NVD link : CVE-2021-34978

Mitre link : CVE-2021-34978

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2021-34978

JSON object : View

Products Affected

netgear

r6260
r6260_firmware

CWE

CWE-121

Stack-based Buffer Overflow

CWE-787

Out-of-bounds Write

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