Medium severity · published Feb 27, 2020
CVE-2018-8878
Information disclosure in Asuswrt-Merlin firmware for ASUS devices older than 384.4 and ASUS firmware before 3.0.0.4.382.50470 for devices allows remote attackers to acquire…
5.3
CVSS
1.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Information disclosure in Asuswrt-Merlin firmware for ASUS devices older than 384.4 and ASUS firmware before 3.0.0.4.382.50470 for devices allows remote attackers to acquire information on internal network devices' hostnames and MAC addresses by reading the custom_id variable on the blocking.asp page.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.5% · higher than 74% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
AF
Asus Firmware · Asus
before 3.0.0.4.382.50470 · source: NVD
AS
Asuswrt-merlin · Asuswrt-merlin
before 384.4 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-8878
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-8878
Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/outofhere/Research/blob/master/2018/Asus/cve_notes.md
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