CVE-2016-6277

critical-risk
Published 2016-12-14

NETGEAR 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 other routers allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the path info to cgi-bin/.

Do I need to act?

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94.3% chance of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS score — higher than 6% of all CVEs
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CISA KEV: actively exploited in the wild
On the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog — federal agencies must patch
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2 public exploits available
41598, 40889
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
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CVSS 8.8/10 High
NETWORK / LOW complexity

Affected Products (11)

Affected Vendors

Netgear

References (17)

Patch http://kb.netgear.com/000036386/CVE-2016-582384
Exploit http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155712/Netgear-R6400-Remote-Code-Execution....
Broken Link http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94819
Broken Link http://www.sj-vs.net/a-temporary-fix-for-cert-vu582384-cwe-77-on-netgear-r7000-a...
Broken Link https://kalypto.org/research/netgear-vulnerability-expanded/
Third Party Advisory https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40889/
Exploit https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41598/
Third Party Advisory https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/582384
Patch http://kb.netgear.com/000036386/CVE-2016-582384
Exploit http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155712/Netgear-R6400-Remote-Code-Execution....
Broken Link http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94819
Broken Link http://www.sj-vs.net/a-temporary-fix-for-cert-vu582384-cwe-77-on-netgear-r7000-a...
Broken Link https://kalypto.org/research/netgear-vulnerability-expanded/
Third Party Advisory https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40889/
Exploit https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41598/
Third Party Advisory https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/582384
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2016-...
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critical-risk
Severity 30/34 · Critical
Exploitability 34/34 · Critical
Exposure 16/34 · Moderate