VDB-8138 · EDB 24916 · SA52856

Netgear WNR1000 Firmware 1.0.2.59 Authentication improper authentication

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Netgear WNR1000 Firmware 1.0.2.59 (Wireless LAN Software). Affected by this issue is an unknown code of the component Authentication Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a improper authentication vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-287. When an actor claims to have a given identity, the product does not prove or insufficiently proves that the claim is correct. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The bug was discovered 11/10/2012. The weakness was presented 04/01/2013 by Roberto Paleari as confirmed mailinglist post (Bugtraq). The advisory is available at seclists.org. The public release was coordinated in cooperation with the vendor. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.

A public exploit has been developed by Roberto Paleari and been published immediately after the advisory. The exploit is available at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 142 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k.

Upgrading to version Firmware 1.0.2.60 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Exploit-DB (24916).

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 9.8
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Improper authentication
CWE: CWE-287
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Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
Author: Roberto Paleari
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: WNR1000 Firmware 1.0.2.60

Timelineinfo

11/10/2012 🔍
04/01/2013 +142 days 🔍
04/01/2013 +0 days 🔍
04/02/2013 +1 days 🔍
04/04/2013 +2 days 🔍
04/16/2013 +12 days 🔍
05/05/2018 +1845 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: netgear.com

Advisory: seclists.org
Researcher: Roberto Paleari
Status: Confirmed
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Secunia: 52856 - NetGear WNR1000 ".jpg" Security Bypass Vulnerability, Less Critical
OSVDB: 91871

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013

Entryinfo

Created: 04/04/2013 11:26
Updated: 05/05/2018 17:59
Changes: 04/04/2013 11:26 (50), 05/05/2018 17:59 (7)
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Committer: olku

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