Netgear DGN1000B up to Firmware 1.1.00.45 Insecure Cryptographic Storage /tmp/etc/htpasswd information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Netgear DGN1000B up to Firmware 1.1.00.45. The affected element is an unknown function of the file /tmp/etc/htpasswd of the component Insecure Cryptographic Storage. Executing a manipulation can lead to information disclosure. In addition, an exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Netgear DGN1000B up to Firmware 1.1.00.45 (Wireless LAN Software) and classified as critical. This vulnerability affects some unknown functionality of the file /tmp/etc/htpasswd of the component Insecure Cryptographic Storage. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, and integrity.

The bug was discovered 10/04/2012. The weakness was presented 02/06/2013 by Michael Messner (m1k3) with s3cur1ty as m1adv2013-005 as not defined advisory (Website). The advisory is available at s3cur1ty.de. The vendor was not involved in the coordination of the public release. The exploitation appears to be easy. Local access is required to approach this attack. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. Technical details and also a public exploit are known. This vulnerability is assigned to T1592 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

A public exploit has been developed by m-1-k-3 and been published immediately after the advisory. It is possible to download the exploit at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 125 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k.

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 databases at Exploit-DB (24464) and OSVDB (89984†). See VDB-7619 and VDB-7620 for similar entries. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.8

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Class: Information disclosure
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
Author: m-1-k-3
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10/15/2012 +11 days 🔍
02/06/2013 +114 days 🔍
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02/11/2013 +4 days 🔍
04/16/2018 +1890 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: netgear.com

Advisory: m1adv2013-005
Researcher: Michael Messner (m1k3)
Organization: s3cur1ty
Status: Not defined

GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-7618
OSVDB: 89984

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entryinfo

Created: 02/11/2013 13:42
Updated: 04/16/2018 11:58
Changes: 02/11/2013 13:42 (53), 04/16/2018 11:58 (3)
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Committer: olku
Cache ID: 216:359:103

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