A vulnerability has been found in Netgear Prosafe Switch 5.4.1.13 and classified as critical. This vulnerability affects some unknown processing of the file filesystem/startup-config of the component Filesystem. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, and integrity. CVE summarizes:

NETGEAR ProSafe GS724Tv3 and GS716Tv2 with firmware 5.4.1.13 and earlier; GS748Tv4 with firmware 5.4.1.14; GS510TP with firmware 5.4.0.6; GS752TPS, GS728TPS, GS728TS, and GS725TS with firmware 5.3.0.17; and GS752TXS and GS728TXS with firmware 6.1.0.12 allows remote attackers to read encrypted administrator credentials and other startup configurations via a direct request to filesystem/startup-config.

The weakness was published 08/21/2013 by Juan J. Güelfo with Encripto AS as confirmed mailinglist post (Bugtraq). The advisory is available at seclists.org. The vendor was not involved in the coordination of the public release. This vulnerability was named CVE-2013-4775 since 07/08/2013. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. Technical details and also a public exploit are known. This vulnerability is assigned to T1592 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

A public exploit has been developed by Juan J. Guelfo and been published immediately after the advisory. It is possible to download the exploit at encripto.no. It is declared as highly functional.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Exploit-DB (27774). Similar entry is available at 10031.

Affected

• GS724Tv3 5.4.1.13/5.4.1.10
• GS716Tv2 5.4.1.13/5.4.1.10
• GS748Tv4 5.4.1.14
• GS510TP 5.4.0.6
• GS752TPS 5.3.0.17
• GS728TS 5.3.0.17
• GS728TPS 5.3.0.17
• GS725TS 5.3.0.17
• GS728TXS 6.1.0.12
• GS752TXS 6.1.0.12

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• Netgear

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• Prosafe Switch

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• 5.4.1.13

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• commercial

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