VDB-96266 · CVE-2016-10178 · BID 95877

D-Link DWR-932B HELODBG 7pk security

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in D-Link DWR-932B. Impacted is an unknown function of the component HELODBG. Such manipulation leads to 7pk security. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2016-10178. The attack can be executed remotely. There is not any exploit available. Restrictive firewalling should be applied.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in D-Link DWR-932B (affected version not known). Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component HELODBG. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a 7pk security vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-254. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

An issue was discovered on the D-Link DWR-932B router. HELODBG on port 39889 (UDP) launches the "/sbin/telnetd -l /bin/sh" command.

The weakness was released 01/30/2017 by Pierre Kim (Website). The advisory is available at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2016-10178 since 01/29/2017. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 05/16/2026). This vulnerability is assigned to T1211 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

Addressing this vulnerability is possible by firewalling udp/39889.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at SecurityFocus (BID 95877†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-96265, VDB-96267, VDB-96268 and VDB-96269. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 8.5
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 8.4

VulDB Base Score: 7.3
VulDB Temp Score: 7.1
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Exploitinginfo

Class: 7pk security
CWE: CWE-254
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Firewall
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Timelineinfo

01/29/2017 🔍
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01/30/2017 +1 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: dlink.com

Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Researcher: Pierre Kim
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2016-10178 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2016-10178
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-96266
SecurityFocus: 95877 - Dlink DWR-932B Multiple Security Vulnerabilities
OSVDB: - CVE-2016-10178 - D-Link - DWR-932B - Backdoor Issue

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Entryinfo

Created: 01/30/2017 17:27
Updated: 05/16/2026 23:21
Changes: 01/30/2017 17:27 (59), 08/07/2020 12:22 (5), 05/16/2026 23:21 (17)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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