Vulnerability Details CVE-2020-15416
This vulnerability allows network-adjacent attackers to bypass authentication on affected installations of NETGEAR R6700 V1.0.4.84_10.0.58 routers. Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the httpd service, which listens on TCP port 80 by default. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of the length of user-supplied data prior to copying it to a fixed-length, stack-based buffer. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of root. Was ZDI-CAN-9703.
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score
EPSS Score 0.015
EPSS Ranking 80.4%
CVSS Severity
CVSS v3 Score 8.8
CVSS v2 Score 8.3
References
Products affected by CVE-2020-15416
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cpe:2.3:h:netgear:r6700:-
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cpe:2.3:o:netgear:r6700_firmware:1.0.4.84_10.0.58