Vulnerabilities > CVE-2021-34980 - Out-of-bounds Write vulnerability in Netgear R6260 Firmware 1.1.0.781.0.1
Summary
This vulnerability allows network-adjacent attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of NETGEAR R6260 1.1.0.78_1.0.1 routers. Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the setupwizard.cgi page. When parsing the SOAP_LOGIN_TOKEN environment variable, the process does not properly validate 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-14107.
Vulnerable Configurations
Part | Description | Count |
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OS | 1 | |
Hardware | 1 |
Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)
References
- https://kb.netgear.com/000064262/Security-Advisory-for-Vertical-Privilege-Escalation-on-Some-Routers-PSV-2021-0150?article=000064262
- https://kb.netgear.com/000064262/Security-Advisory-for-Vertical-Privilege-Escalation-on-Some-Routers-PSV-2021-0150?article=000064262
- https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-21-1242/
- https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-21-1242/