CVE-2015-9266

critical-risk
Published 2018-09-05

The web management interface of Ubiquiti airMAX, airFiber, airGateway and EdgeSwitch XP (formerly TOUGHSwitch) allows an unauthenticated attacker to upload and write arbitrary files using directory traversal techniques. An attacker can exploit this vulnerability to gain root privileges. This vulnerability is fixed in the following product versions (fixes released in July 2015, all prior versions are affected): airMAX AC 7.1.3; airMAX M (and airRouter) 5.6.2 XM/XW/TI, 5.5.11 XM/TI, and 5.5.10u2 XW; airGateway 1.1.5; airFiber AF24/AF24HD 2.2.1, AF5x 3.0.2.1, and AF5 2.2.1; airOS 4 XS2/XS5 4.0.4; and EdgeSwitch XP (formerly TOUGHSwitch) 1.3.2.

Do I need to act?

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79.0% chance of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS score — higher than 21% of all CVEs
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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1 public exploit available
39701
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
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CVSS 9.8/10 Critical
NETWORK / LOW complexity

Affected Products (12)

Affected Vendors

Ui Ubnt

References (14)

Vendor Advisory https://community.ubnt.com/t5/airMAX-General-Discussion/Virus-attack-URGENT-UBNT...
Vendor Advisory https://community.ubnt.com/t5/airMAX-Updates-Blog/Important-Security-Notice-and-...
Patch https://community.ubnt.com/t5/airMAX-Updates-Blog/Security-Release-for-airMAX-TO...
Issue Tracking https://hackerone.com/reports/73480
Exploit https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39701/
Exploit https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39853/
Exploit https://www.rapid7.com/db/modules/exploit/linux/ssh/ubiquiti_airos_file_upload
Vendor Advisory https://community.ubnt.com/t5/airMAX-General-Discussion/Virus-attack-URGENT-UBNT...
Vendor Advisory https://community.ubnt.com/t5/airMAX-Updates-Blog/Important-Security-Notice-and-...
Patch https://community.ubnt.com/t5/airMAX-Updates-Blog/Security-Release-for-airMAX-TO...
Issue Tracking https://hackerone.com/reports/73480
Exploit https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39701/
Exploit https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39853/
Exploit https://www.rapid7.com/db/modules/exploit/linux/ssh/ubiquiti_airos_file_upload
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critical-risk
Severity 32/34 · Critical
Exploitability 27/34 · High
Exposure 17/34 · Moderate