Netgear R6100 Configuration privileges management

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability labeled as critical has been found in Netgear D1500, D500, D6100, D6220, D6400, D7000, D7800, D8500, DGN2200v4, DGN2200Bv4, EX2700, EX3700, EX3800, EX6000, EX6100, EX6120, EX6130, EX6150, EX6200, EX6400, EX7000, EX7300, JNR1010v2, JR6150, JWNR2010v5, PR2000, R6050 and R6100. Impacted is an unknown function of the component Configuration. Such manipulation leads to privileges management. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2018-21231. The attack requires being on the local network. There is not any exploit available. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Netgear D1500, D500, D6100, D6220, D6400, D7000, D7800, D8500, DGN2200v4, DGN2200Bv4, EX2700, EX3700, EX3800, EX6000, EX6100, EX6120, EX6130, EX6150, EX6200, EX6400, EX7000, EX7300, JNR1010v2, JR6150, JWNR2010v5, PR2000, R6050 and R6100 (Wireless LAN Software) and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown part of the component Configuration. 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. CVE summarizes:

Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by incorrect configuration of security settings. This affects D1500 before 1.0.0.27, D500 before 1.0.0.27, D6100 before 1.0.0.57, D6220 before 1.0.0.40, D6400 before 1.0.0.74, D7000 before 1.0.1.60, D7800 before 1.0.1.34, D8500 before 1.0.3.39, DGN2200v4 before 1.0.0.94, DGN2200Bv4 before 1.0.0.94, EX2700 before 1.0.1.42, EX3700 before 1.0.0.64, EX3800 before 1.0.0.64, EX6000 before 1.0.0.24, EX6100 before 1.0.2.18, EX6120 before 1.0.0.32, EX6130 before 1.0.0.22, EX6150 before 1.0.0.34_1.0.70, EX6200 before 1.0.3.82_1.1.117, EX6400 before 1.0.1.78, EX7000 before 1.0.0.56, EX7300 before 1.0.1.78, JNR1010v2 before 1.1.0.42, JR6150 before 1.0.1.10, JWNR2010v5 before 1.1.0.42, PR2000 before 1.0.0.22, R6050 before 1.0.1.10, R6100 before 1.0.1.16, R6220 before 1.1.0.50, R6250 before 1.0.4.14, R6300v2 before 1.0.4.12, R6400v2 before 1.0.2.34, R6700 before 1.0.1.26, R6900 before 1.0.1.26, R6900P before 1.2.0.22, R7000 before 1.0.9.6, R7000P before 1.2.0.22, R7100LG before 1.0.0.40, R7300DST before 1.0.0.54, R7500 before 1.0.0.110, R7500v2 before 1.0.3.26, R7800 before 1.0.2.44, R7900 before 1.0.1.26, R8000 before 1.0.3.48, R8300 before 1.0.2.104, R8500 before 1.0.2.104, R9000 before 1.0.3.10, WN2000RPTv3 before 1.0.1.26, WN2500RPv2 before 1.0.1.46, WN3000RPv3 before 1.0.2.66, WN3100RPv2 before 1.0.0.56, WNDR3400v3 before 1.0.1.14, WNDR3700v4 before 1.0.2.96, WNDR3700v5 before 1.1.0.54, WNDR4300 before 1.0.2.98, WNDR4300v2 before 1.0.0.48, WNDR4500v3 before 1.0.0.48, WNR1000v4 before 1.1.0.42, WNR2000v5 before 1.0.0.64, WNR2020 before 1.1.0.42, and WNR2050 before 1.1.0.42.

The weakness was released 04/24/2020 (Website). The advisory is available at kb.netgear.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2018-21231 since 04/20/2020. The attack needs to be done within the local network. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1068 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

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Productinfo

Type

• Wireless LAN Software

Vendor

• Netgear

Name

• D500
• D1500
• D6100
• D6220
• D6400
• D7000
• D7800
• D8500
• DGN2200Bv4
• DGN2200v4
• EX2700
• EX3700
• EX3800
• EX6000
• EX6100
• EX6120
• EX6130
• EX6150
• EX6200
• EX6400
• EX7000
• EX7300
• JNR1010v2
• JR6150
• JWNR2010v5
• PR2000
• R6050
• R6100

License

• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://www.netgear.com/

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