Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
CVE-2017-18704
Summary
Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by an attacker's ability to read arbitrary files. This affects D6220 before 1.0.0.32, D6400 before 1.0.0.60, D8500 before 1.0.3.29, R6250 before 1.0.4.16, R6300v2 before 1.0.4.18, R6400 before 1.01.32, R6400v2 before 1.0.2.44, R6700 before 1.0.1.36, R6900 before 1.0.1.34, R7000 before 1.0.9.14, R7000P before 1.3.0.8, R6900P before 1.3.0.8, R7100LG before 1.0.0.34, R7300DST before 1.0.0.56, R7900 before 1.0.1.26, R8000 before 1.0.4.4, R8500 before 1.0.2.106, R8300 before 1.0.2.106, and WNDR3400v3 before 1.0.1.16.
- LOW
- ADJACENT_NETWORK
- NONE
- UNCHANGED
- NONE
- NONE
- HIGH
- NONE
CWE-200 - Information Exposure
An information exposure vulnerability is categorized as an information flow (IF) weakness, which can potentially allow unauthorized access to otherwise classified information in the application, such as confidential personal information (demographics, financials, health records, etc.), business secrets, and the application's internal environment.
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Advisory Timeline
- Published