Netgear DGN2200B Firmware 1.0.0.36_7.0.36 Cryptographic Password Storage /etc/passwd information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Netgear DGN2200B Firmware 1.0.0.36_7.0.36. It has been rated as problematic. Impacted is an unknown function of the file /etc/passwd of the component Cryptographic Password Storage. Performing a manipulation results in information disclosure. Furthermore, there is an exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Netgear DGN2200B Firmware 1.0.0.36_7.0.36 (Wireless LAN Software). This affects an unknown function of the file /etc/passwd of the component Cryptographic Password Storage. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality.

The bug was discovered 12/17/2012. The weakness was shared 02/16/2013 by Michael Messner (m1k3) with s3cur1ty as m1adv2013-015 as not defined bulletin (Website). The advisory is shared at s3cur1ty.de. The public release happened without involvement of Netgear. The exploitability is told to be easy. An attack has to be approached locally. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Technical details and a public exploit are known. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1592 for this issue.

A public exploit has been developed by m-1-k-3 and been published immediately after the advisory. The exploit is shared for download 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 61 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 (24513) and OSVDB (90319†). The entries VDB-7750, VDB-7751 and VDB-7752 are related to this item. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Temp Score: 3.8

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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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02/16/2013 +61 days 🔍
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02/18/2013 +2 days 🔍
02/21/2013 +3 days 🔍
04/16/2018 +1880 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: netgear.com

Advisory: m1adv2013-015
Researcher: Michael Messner (m1k3)
Organization: s3cur1ty
Status: Not defined

GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-7749
OSVDB: 90319

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

Created: 02/21/2013 09:04
Updated: 04/16/2018 11:58
Changes: 02/21/2013 09:04 (52), 04/16/2018 11:58 (3)
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Committer: olku
Cache ID: 216:BDD:103

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