CVE-2021-45606
Description
Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by a stack-based buffer overflow by an authenticated user. This affects R6400 before 1.0.1.70, R7000 before 1.0.11.126, R7900 before 1.0.4.46, R7900P before 1.4.2.84, R7960P before 1.4.2.84, R8000 before 1.0.4.74, R8000P before 1.4.2.84, RAX200 before 1.0.4.120, RS400 before 1.5.1.80, R6400v2 before 1.0.4.118, R7000P before 1.3.3.140, RAX80 before 1.0.4.120, R6700v3 before 1.0.4.118, R6900P before 1.3.3.140, and RAX75 before 1.0.4.120.
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CVSS Vector Breakdown
Exploitability
AV:AAttack VectorAdjacent
AC:LAttack ComplexityLow
PR:HPrivileges RequiredHigh
UI:NUser InteractionNone
Scope
S:UScopeUnchanged
Impact
C:NConfidentialityNone
I:NIntegrityNone
A:HAvailabilityHigh
Weaknesses
Affected Products
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Exploitability
Official Patch Available
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MITRE ATT&CK
2 techniques Initial Access
Privilege Escalation
References
https://kb.netgear.com/000064498/Security-Advisory-for-Post-Authentication-Stack-Overflow-on-Some-Routers-PSV-2020-0499
kb.netgear.com
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-45606
nvd.nist.gov
https://kb.netgear.com/000064498/Security-Advisory-for-Post-Authentication-Stack-Overflow-on-Some-Routers-PSV-2020-0499
kb.netgear.com
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