Asus RT-AX3000 Custom OpenVPN Profile os command injection

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A vulnerability was found in Asus ExpertWiFi, RT-AX55, RT-AX58U, RT-AC67U, RT-AC68R, RT-AC68U, RT-AX86 Series, RT-AC86U, RT-AX88U and RT-AX3000. It has been classified as critical. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component Custom OpenVPN Profile Handler. This manipulation causes os command injection. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2024-0401. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

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A vulnerability was found in Asus ExpertWiFi, RT-AX55, RT-AX58U, RT-AC67U, RT-AC68R, RT-AC68U, RT-AX86 Series, RT-AC86U, RT-AX88U and RT-AX3000. It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code block of the component Custom OpenVPN Profile Handler. The manipulation 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. The summary by CVE is:

ASUS routers supporting custom OpenVPN profiles are vulnerable to a code execution vulnerability. An authenticated and remote attacker can execute arbitrary operating system commands by uploading a crafted OVPN profile. Known affected routers include ASUS ExpertWiFi, ASUS RT-AX55, ASUS RT-AX58U, ASUS RT-AC67U, ASUS RT-AC68R, ASUS RT-AC68U, ASUS RT-AX86, ASUS RT-AC86U, ASUS RT-AX88U, and ASUS RT-AX3000.

The weakness was released by Jacob Baines. It is possible to read the advisory at vulncheck.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2024-0401 since 01/10/2024. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation needs additional levels of successful authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1202 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2024-16197). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Type

• Wireless LAN Software

Vendor

• Asus

Name

• ExpertWiFi
• RT-AC67U
• RT-AC68R
• RT-AC68U
• RT-AC86U
• RT-AX55
• RT-AX58U
• RT-AX86 Series
• RT-AX88U
• RT-AX3000

License

• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://www.asus.com/

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