CVE-2020-10926

State: Published
Severity: 7.5 High
Published: Jul 28, 2020
Updated: Aug 4, 2024
Reserved: Mar 24, 2020

Description

This vulnerability allows network-adjacent attackers to execute arbitrary code 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 handling of firmware updates. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of the firmware image prior to performing an upgrade. An attacker can leverage this in conjunction with other vulnerabilities to execute code in the context of root. Was ZDI-CAN-9648.

Scores

CVSS	Score	Vector	Source
3.0	7.5 High	CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H	zdi

Weaknesses

CWE-494 Download of Code Without Integrity Check

Affected Products

Product	Versions
R6700NETGEAR	V1.0.4.84_10.0.58Affected

References

https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-20-706/

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