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Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in a Command ('Command Injection')

CVE-2019-20680

High
8/10

Summary

Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by command injection by an authenticated user. This affects D7000v2 before 1.0.0.53, R6220 before 1.1.0.80, R6260 before 1.1.0.64, R6700 before 1.0.2.6, R6700v2 before 1.2.0.36, R6800 before 1.2.0.36, R6900 before 1.0.2.4, R6900P before 1.3.1.64, R6900v2 before 1.2.0.36, R7000 before 1.0.9.60, R7000P before 1.3.1.64, R7800 before 1.0.2.60, R7900 before 1.0.3.8, R7900P before 1.4.1.30, R8000 before 1.0.4.46, R8000P before 1.4.1.30, R8300 before 1.0.2.128, R8500 before 1.0.2.128, R8900 before 1.0.4.12, R9000 before 1.0.4.12, and XR500 before 2.3.2.32.

  • LOW
  • ADJACENT_NETWORK
  • HIGH
  • UNCHANGED
  • NONE
  • LOW
  • HIGH
  • HIGH

CWE-77 - Command Injection

A command injection attack involves injecting an operating system command through the data input, which gets executed on the host operating system with the privileges of the victimized application. The impact of a command injection attack may range from loss of data confidentiality and integrity to unauthorized remote access to the hosting system. The attack may cause serious data breaches and system takeover.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published