Medium severity · published Apr 29, 2020
CVE-2017-18853
Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by password recovery and file access
6.5
CVSS
1.1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by password recovery and file access. This affects D8500 1.0.3.27 and earlier, DGN2200v4 1.0.0.82 and earlier, R6300v2 1.0.4.06 and earlier, R6400 1.0.1.20 and earlier, R6400v2 1.0.2.18 and earlier, R6700 1.0.1.22 and earlier, R6900 1.0.1.20 and earlier, R7000 1.0.7.10 and earlier, R7000P 1.0.0.58 and earlier, R7100LG 1.0.0.28 and earlier, R7300DST 1.0.0.52 and earlier, R7900 1.0.1.12 and earlier, R8000 1.0.3.46 and earlier, R8300 1.0.2.86 and earlier, R8500 1.0.2.86 and earlier, WNDR3400v3 1.0.1.8 and earlier, and WNDR4500v2 1.0.0.62 and earlier.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack vector
Adjacent
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.1% · higher than 66% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DF
D8500 Firmware · Netgear
through 1.0.3.27 · source: NVD
DF
Dgn2200 Firmware · Netgear
through 1.0.0.82 · source: NVD
RF
R6300 Firmware · Netgear
through 1.0.4.06 · source: NVD
RF
R6400 Firmware · Netgear
through 1.0.1.20; through 1.0.2.18 · source: NVD
RF
R6700 Firmware · Netgear
through 1.0.1.22 · source: NVD
RF
R6900 Firmware · Netgear
through 1.0.1.20 · source: NVD
RF
R7000 Firmware · Netgear
through 1.0.7.10 · source: NVD
RF
R7000p Firmware · Netgear
through 1.0.0.58 · source: NVD
RF
R7100lg Firmware · Netgear
through 1.0.0.28 · source: NVD
RF
R7300dst Firmware · Netgear
through 1.0.0.52 · source: NVD
RF
R7900 Firmware · Netgear
through 1.0.1.12 · source: NVD
RF
R8000 Firmware · Netgear
through 1.0.3.46 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-18853
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-18853
Vendor Advisory
https://kb.netgear.com/000045848/Security-Advisory-for-Password-Recovery-and-File-Access-on-Some-Routers-and-Modem-Routers-PSV-2017-0677
More from D8500 Firmware
9.8
CVE-2021-45638
Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by a stack-based buffer overflow by an unauthenticated attacker
9.8
CVE-2021-45624
Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by command injection by an unauthenticated attacker
9.8
CVE-2021-45610
Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by a buffer overflow by an unauthenticated attacker
9.8
CVE-2021-45609
Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by a buffer overflow by an unauthenticated attacker
9.8
CVE-2021-45527
Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by a buffer overflow by an authenticated user