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A vulnerability labeled as critical has been found in Netgear WNDR3700v4 up to 1.0.1.42 (Rev. 4). Affected by this vulnerability is the function cmd_ping6 of the file ping6_traceroute6_hidden_info.htm. Such manipulation leads to privileges management. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. Furthermore, an exploit is available.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Netgear WNDR3700v4 up to 1.0.1.42 (Rev. 4) (Wireless LAN Software). Affected by this issue is the function cmd_ping6 of the file ping6_traceroute6_hidden_info.htm. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-269. The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The weakness was published 10/24/2013 by Zachary Cutlip as not defined mailinglist post (Full-Disclosure). The advisory is shared for download at seclists.org. The public release happened without coordination with the vendor. The attack may be launched remotely. A simple authentication is necessary for exploitation. Technical details as well as a public exploit are known. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1068.

After immediately, there has been an exploit disclosed. The exploit is available at seclists.org. It is declared as functional. As 0-day the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k. By approaching the search of inurl:ping6_traceroute6_hidden_info.htm it is possible to find vulnerable targets with Google Hacking.

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 OSVDB (98952†). Similar entry is available at VDB-11041. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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• Wireless LAN Software

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• Netgear

Name

• WNDR3700v4

Version

• 1.0.1.42 (Rev. 4)

License

• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://www.netgear.com/

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