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Medium · 6.5 Public exploit CVE-2020-10923 EUVD-2020-3329GHSA-p845-8rw7-6wm9

This vulnerability allows network-adjacent attackers to bypass authentication on affected installations of NETGEAR R6700 V1.0.4.84_10.0.58 …

Published Jul 28, 2020 · Updated Aug 4, 2024 · Assigned by zdi

Vendor: NETGEAR Product: R6700 Category: Network devices

Description

This vulnerability allows network-adjacent attackers to bypass authentication on affected installations of NETGEAR R6700 V1.0.4.84_10.0.58 routers. Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the UPnP service, which listens on TCP port 5000. A crafted UPnP message can be used to bypass authentication. An attacker can leverage this in conjunction with other vulnerabilities to execute arbitrary code in the context of root. Was ZDI-CAN-9642.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
NETGEAR R6700 V1.0.4.84_10.0.58 —

Public exploits

Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.

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Metasploit 1 module

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