D-Link DIR820LA1 105B03 ping.ccp ping_addr os command injection

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in D-Link DIR820LA1 105B03. It has been declared as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the file ping.ccp. Executing a manipulation of the argument ping_addr can lead to os command injection. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2023-25280. Furthermore, an exploit is available.

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A vulnerability was found in D-Link DIR820LA1 105B03 (Router Operating System). It has been declared as critical. This vulnerability affects some unknown processing of the file ping.ccp. The manipulation of the argument ping_addr with an unknown input leads to a os command injection vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-78. The product constructs all or part of an OS command using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the intended OS command when it is sent to a downstream component. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

OS Command injection vulnerability in D-Link DIR820LA1_FW105B03 allows attackers to escalate privileges to root via a crafted payload with the ping_addr parameter to ping.ccp.

The weakness was published 03/16/2023. The advisory is shared for download at github.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2023-25280 since 02/06/2023. Technical details and also a exploit are known. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $5k-$25k (estimation calculated on 07/08/2025). The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1202.

It is declared as attacked. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 241429 (D-Link DIR-820 Devices Command Injection (CVE-2023-25280)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. This issue was added on 09/30/2024 to the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog with a due date of 10/21/2024:

The impacted product is end-of-life (EoL) and/or end-of-service (EoS). Users should discontinue utilization of the product.

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 Tenable (241429). Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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• Router Operating System

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• D-Link

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• DIR820LA1

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• 105B03

License

• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://www.dlink.com/

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