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

CVE-2020-14435

High
8.8/10

Summary

Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by command injection by an unauthenticated attacker. This affects SRK60 before 2.5.2.104, SRS60 before 2.5.2.104, SRR60 before 2.5.2.104, SRK60B03 before 2.5.2.104, SRK60B04 before 2.5.2.104, SRK60B05 before 2.5.2.104, and SRK60B06 before 2.5.2.104.

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