Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
CVE-2017-18789
Summary
Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by disclosure of sensitive information. This affects R6250 before V1.0.4.8, R6400 before V1.0.1.22, R6400v2 before V1.0.2.32, R7100LG before V1.0.0.32, R7300 before V1.0.0.52, R8300 before V1.0.2.94, R8500 before V1.0.2.100, D6220 before V1.0.0.28, D6400 before V1.0.0.60, and D8500 before V1.0.3.29.
- LOW
- LOCAL
- NONE
- UNCHANGED
- NONE
- LOW
- 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