CVE-2017-18841 Command injection in n/a
Attackers can execute arbitrary commands on vulnerable NETGEAR routers via command injection flaws.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2017-18841?
CVE-2017-18841 is a medium-severity command injection vulnerability in Netgear D7000 Firmware, published on 20 Apr 2020. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by command injection. This affects R6220 before 1.1.0.46, R6700v2 before 1.1.0.38, R6800 before 1.1.0.38, WNDR3700v5 before 1.1.0.46, and D7000 before 1.0.1.50.
Weakness: CWE-74
Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-18841?
It affects 5 products.
Products include Netgear D7000 Firmware, Netgear R6220 Firmware, Netgear R6700 Firmware, Netgear R6800 Firmware, Netgear Wndr3700 Firmware.
How do I fix CVE-2017-18841?
No fix has been published for CVE-2017-18841 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and pass arguments to programs as a list instead of through a shell. More about Command injection.
Is CVE-2017-18841 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-18841 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Netgear D7000 Firmware
Sources
Also known as GHSA-jgwq-j9j9-hh5x.