CVE-2017-6884

high-risk
Published 2017-04-06

A command injection vulnerability was discovered on the Zyxel EMG2926 home router with firmware V1.00(AAQT.4)b8. The vulnerability is located in the diagnostic tools, specifically the nslookup function. A malicious user may exploit numerous vectors to execute arbitrary commands on the router, such as the ping_ip parameter to the expert/maintenance/diagnostic/nslookup URI.

Do I need to act?

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92.0% chance of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS score — higher than 8% 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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1 public exploit available
41782
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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 (1)

Affected Vendors

Zyxel

References (3)

Exploit https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41782/
Exploit https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41782/
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2017-...
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high-risk
Severity 30/34 · Critical
Exploitability 27/34 · High
Exposure 5/34 · Minimal