Medium severity · published Apr 21, 2020
CVE-2017-18798
Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by incorrect configuration of security settings
6.2
CVSS
0.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by incorrect configuration of security settings. This affects R6700v2 before 1.1.0.38, R6800 before 1.1.0.38, D7000 before 1.0.1.50, and D1500 before 1.0.0.25.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
High
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.4% · higher than 31% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DF
D1500 Firmware · Netgear
before 1.0.0.25 · source: NVD
DF
D500 Firmware · Netgear
before 1.0.0.25 · source: NVD
DF
D7000 Firmware · Netgear
before 1.0.1.50 · source: NVD
RF
R6700 Firmware · Netgear
before 1.1.0.38 · source: NVD
RF
R6800 Firmware · Netgear
before 1.1.0.38 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-18798
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-18798
Vendor Advisory
https://kb.netgear.com/000049358/Security-Advisory-for-Security-Misconfiguration-Vulnerability-on-Some-Routers-and-Some-DSL-Modem-Routers-PSV-2017-2159
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