Vulnerabilities > CVE-2020-10923 - Authentication Bypass by Primary Weakness vulnerability in Netgear R6700 Firmware 1.0.4.8410.0.58

047910
CVSS 8.8 - HIGH
Attack vector
ADJACENT_NETWORK
Attack complexity
LOW
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
HIGH
Integrity impact
HIGH
Availability impact
HIGH
low complexity
netgear
CWE-305

Summary

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 UPnP service, which listens on TCP port 5000. A crafted UPnP message can be used to bypass authentication. An attacker can leverage this in conjunction with other vulnerabilities to execute arbitrary code in the context of root. Was ZDI-CAN-9642.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
OS
Netgear
1
Hardware
Netgear
1

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)