ZTE Router HTTPD Binary webPrivateDecrypt stack-based overflow

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A vulnerability described as critical has been identified in ZTE Router. Impacted is the function webPrivateDecrypt of the component HTTPD Binary. The manipulation results in stack-based overflow. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2024-45414. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. No exploit is available.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as very critical, was found in ZTE Router (unknown version). Affected is the function webPrivateDecrypt of the component HTTPD Binary. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a stack-based overflow vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-121. A stack-based buffer overflow condition is a condition where the buffer being overwritten is allocated on the stack (i.e., is a local variable or, rarely, a parameter to a function). This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

The HTTPD binary in multiple ZTE routers has a stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability in webPrivateDecrypt function. This function is responsible for decrypting RSA encrypted ciphertext, the encrypted data is supplied base64 encoded. The decoded ciphertext is stored on the stack without checking its length. An unauthenticated attacker can get RCE as root by exploiting this vulnerability.

The advisory is available at wr3nchsr.github.io. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2024-45414 since 08/28/2024. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 09/20/2024).

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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• Router Operating System

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• ZTE

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• Router

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• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://www.zte.com.cn/

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