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Improper Validation of Integrity Check Value

CVE-2020-25758

High
8.8/10

Summary

An issue was discovered on D-Link DSR-250 3.17 devices. Insufficient validation of configuration file checksums could allow a remote, authenticated attacker to inject arbitrary crontab entries into saved configurations before uploading. These entries are executed as root.

  • LOW
  • NETWORK
  • HIGH
  • UNCHANGED
  • NONE
  • LOW
  • HIGH
  • HIGH

CWE-354 - Improper Validation of Integrity Check Value

The software does not validate or incorrectly validates the integrity check values or "checksums" of a message. This may prevent it from detecting if the data has been modified or corrupted in transmission.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published