High severity · published Apr 22, 2020
CVE-2017-18772
Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by authentication bypass
8.8
CVSS
0.6%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by authentication bypass. This affects EX3700 before 1.0.0.64, EX3800 before 1.0.0.64, EX6120 before 1.0.0.32, EX6130 before 1.0.0.16, R6300v2 before 1.0.4.12, R6700 before 1.0.1.26, R6900 before 1.0.1.22, R7000 before 1.0.9.6, R7300DST before 1.0.0.52, R7900 before 1.0.1.12, R8000 before 1.0.3.24, R8500 before 1.0.2.74, and WNR2000v2 before 1.2.0.8.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Adjacent
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.6% · higher than 49% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
EF
Ex3700 Firmware · Netgear
before 1.0.0.64 · source: NVD
EF
Ex3800 Firmware · Netgear
before 1.0.0.64 · source: NVD
EF
Ex6120 Firmware · Netgear
before 1.0.0.32 · source: NVD
EF
Ex6130 Firmware · Netgear
before 1.0.0.16 · source: NVD
RF
R6300 Firmware · Netgear
before 1.0.4.12 · source: NVD
RF
R6700 Firmware · Netgear
before 1.0.1.26 · source: NVD
RF
R6900 Firmware · Netgear
before 1.0.1.22 · source: NVD
RF
R7000 Firmware · Netgear
before 1.0.9.6 · source: NVD
RF
R7300dst Firmware · Netgear
before 1.0.0.52 · source: NVD
RF
R7900 Firmware · Netgear
before 1.0.1.12 · source: NVD
RF
R8000 Firmware · Netgear
before 1.0.3.24 · source: NVD
RF
R8500 Firmware · Netgear
before 1.0.2.74 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-18772
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-18772
Vendor Advisory
https://kb.netgear.com/000051471/Security-Advisory-for-Authentication-Bypass-on-Some-Routers-and-Extenders-PSV-2017-0424
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