Medium severity · published Apr 21, 2020
CVE-2017-18797
Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by an attacker's ability to read arbitrary files
6.2
CVSS
0.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by an attacker's ability to read arbitrary files. This affects R6400 before 1.0.1.24, R7900 before 1.0.1.18, R8000 before 1.0.3.54, and R8500 before 1.0.2.100.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.3% · higher than 27% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
RF
R6400 Firmware · Netgear
before 1.0.1.24 · source: NVD
RF
R7900 Firmware · Netgear
before 1.0.1.18 · source: NVD
RF
R8000 Firmware · Netgear
before 1.0.3.54 · source: NVD
RF
R8500 Firmware · Netgear
before 1.0.2.100 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-18797
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-18797
Vendor Advisory
https://kb.netgear.com/000049365/Security-Advisory-for-Arbitrary-File-Read-Vulnerability-on-Some-Routers-PSV-2017-0318
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