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

CVE-2023-43202

High
9.8/10

Summary

D-LINK DWL-6610 FW_v_4.3.0.8B003C was discovered to contain a command injection vulnerability in the function pcap_download_handler. This vulnerability allows attackers to execute arbitrary commands via the update.device.packet-capture.tftp-file-name parameter.

  • LOW
  • 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