Medium severity · published Apr 20, 2020
CVE-2017-18851
Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by command injection by an authenticated user
6.7
CVSS
0.6%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by command injection by an authenticated user. This affects D8500 through 1.0.3.28, R6400 through 1.0.1.22, R6400v2 through 1.0.2.18, R8300 through 1.0.2.94, R8500 through 1.0.2.94, and R6100 through 1.0.1.12.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
High
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.6% · higher than 50% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DF
D8500 Firmware · Netgear
before 1.0.3.28 · source: NVD
RF
R6100 Firmware · Netgear
before 1.0.1.12 · source: NVD
RF
R6400 Firmware · Netgear
before 1.0.1.22; before 1.0.2.18 · source: NVD
RF
R8300 Firmware · Netgear
before 1.0.2.94 · source: NVD
RF
R8500 Firmware · Netgear
before 1.0.2.94 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-18851
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-18851
Vendor Advisory
https://kb.netgear.com/000045850/Security-Advisory-for-Post-Authentication-Command-Injection-on-Some-Routers-and-Modem-Routers-PSV-2017-1207
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