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A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Cisco Linksys WRT120N Firmware 1.0.07 (Router Operating System). This affects the function fprintf
. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
The weakness was presented 02/19/2014 by Craig Heffner with /dev/ttyS0 as WRT120N fprintf Stack Overflow as confirmed blog post (Blog). The advisory is shared at devttys0.com. The exploitability is told to be easy. The attack can only be done within the local network. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Technical details and a public exploit are known.
A public exploit has been developed by Craig Heffner in Python and been published immediately after the advisory. The exploit is shared for download at github.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. We expect the 0-day to have been worth approximately $25k-$100k.
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 databases at X-Force (91645) and Exploit-DB (31758).
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CPE 2.3
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Exploiting
Class: Memory corruptionCWE: CWE-119
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Local: No
Remote: Partially
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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
Author: Craig Heffner
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Countermeasures
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Timeline
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02/27/2014 🔍
03/13/2014 🔍
05/17/2018 🔍
Sources
Vendor: cisco.comAdvisory: WRT120N fprintf Stack Overflow
Researcher: Craig Heffner
Organization: /dev/ttyS0
Status: Confirmed
X-Force: 91645 - Linksys WRT120N fprintf() buffer overflow, Medium Risk
Secunia: 57040 - Linksys WRT120N "fprintf()" Buffer Overflow Vulnerability, Moderately Critical
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
Entry
Created: 03/13/2014 12:42Updated: 05/17/2018 08:48
Changes: 03/13/2014 12:42 (58), 05/17/2018 08:48 (1)
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Committer: olku
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