Security News > 2016 > December > Netgear pushes out beta firmware for vulnerable router models (Help Net Security)

Netgear has confirmed that eight of its router models are vulnerable to device hijacking due to a vulnerability that can be easily exploited by remote, unauthenticated attackers. The vulnerability allows the execution of Linux commands if they are appended to the URL of a page that the victim is tricked into visiting. The appended commands are execute with root privileges, and through them the attackers can make the device do pretty much anything they want … More →

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