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

CVE-2021-38520

Medium
6.6/10

Summary

Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by command injection by an authenticated user. This affects R6400 before 1.0.1.52, R6400v2 before 1.0.4.84, R6700v3 before 1.0.4.84, R6700v2 before 1.2.0.62, R6900v2 before 1.2.0.62, and R7000P before 1.3.2.124.

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