Vulnerabilities > CVE-2020-35782 - Unspecified vulnerability in Netgear products
Attack vector
ADJACENT_NETWORK Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
NONE Confidentiality impact
NONE Integrity impact
HIGH Availability impact
HIGH low complexity
netgear
Summary
Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by lack of access control at the function level. This affects JGS516PE before 2.6.0.48, JGS524Ev2 before 2.6.0.48, JGS524PE before 2.6.0.48, and GS116Ev2 before 2.6.0.48. The TFTP firmware update mechanism does not properly implement firmware validations, allowing remote attackers to write arbitrary data to internal memory.
Vulnerable Configurations
| Part | Description | Count |
|---|---|---|
| OS | 7 | |
| Hardware | 4 |
References
- https://kb.netgear.com/000062636/Security-Advisory-for-Missing-Function-Level-Access-Control-on-Some-Smart-Managed-Plus-Switches-PSV-2020-0378
- https://kb.netgear.com/000062636/Security-Advisory-for-Missing-Function-Level-Access-Control-on-Some-Smart-Managed-Plus-Switches-PSV-2020-0378
- https://research.nccgroup.com/2021/03/08/technical-advisory-multiple-vulnerabilities-in-netgear-prosafe-plus-jgs516pe-gs116ev2-switches/
- https://research.nccgroup.com/2021/03/08/technical-advisory-multiple-vulnerabilities-in-netgear-prosafe-plus-jgs516pe-gs116ev2-switches/