A vulnerability was found in Netgear RAX30 (Wireless LAN Software) (unknown version). It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code block of the component USB Share Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a link following vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-59. The product attempts to access a file based on the filename, but it does not properly prevent that filename from identifying a link or shortcut that resolves to an unintended resource. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

NETGEAR RAX30 USB Share Link Following Information Disclosure Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows physically present attackers to disclose sensitive information on affected installations of NETGEAR RAX30 routers. Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the handling of symbolic links on removable USB media. By creating a symbolic link, an attacker can abuse the router's web server to access arbitrary local files. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to disclose information in the context of root. Was ZDI-CAN-19498.

The weakness was published 06/09/2023. The advisory is shared at zerodayinitiative.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2023-34283 since 05/31/2023. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

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• Wireless LAN Software

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• Netgear

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• RAX30

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• commercial

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