Netgear AC3000/SRS60/SRR60/RBS50Y V2.5.1.106 Linux System code injection

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Netgear AC3000, SRS60, SRR60 and RBS50Y V2.5.1.106 and classified as critical. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component Linux System. This manipulation causes code injection. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2020-11549. The attack needs to be done within the local network. There is no exploit available.

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A vulnerability has been found in Netgear AC3000, SRS60, SRR60 and RBS50Y V2.5.1.106 (Wireless LAN Software) and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown part of the component Linux System. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a code injection vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-94. The product constructs all or part of a code segment using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the syntax or behavior of the intended code segment. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

An issue was discovered on NETGEAR Orbi Tri-Band Business WiFi Add-on Satellite (SRS60) AC3000 V2.5.1.106, Outdoor Satellite (RBS50Y) V2.5.1.106, and Pro Tri-Band Business WiFi Router (SRR60) AC3000 V2.5.1.106. The root account has the same password as the Web-admin component. Thus, by exploiting CVE-2020-11551, it is possible to achieve remote code execution with root privileges on the embedded Linux system.

The weakness was shared 05/18/2020. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2020-11549 since 04/05/2020. The exploitation appears to be difficult. The attack needs to be done within the local network. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 05/19/2020). MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1059 for this issue.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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Type

• Wireless LAN Software

Vendor

• Netgear

Name

• AC3000
• RBS50Y
• SRR60
• SRS60

Version

• V2.5.1.106

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• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://www.netgear.com/

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