Netgear Routers Remote Command Injection Vulnerability

Last Update Date: 12 Dec 2016 10:41 Release Date: 12 Dec 2016 4046 Views

RISK: High Risk

TYPE: Security software and application - Security Software & Appliance

A vulnerability was identified in Netgear R7000 and R6400 routers, A remote user can cause arbitrary command to be executed on the target user's system.

Note: No official solution is currently available

Impact

Remote Code Execution
Security Restriction Bypass

System / Technologies affected

R7000

Firmware version 1.0.7.2_1.1.93 and earlier

R6400

Firmware version 1.0.1.6_1.0.4 and earlier

Solutions

No official solution is currently available.
Workaround:

Temporarily disable web server by the following URL:

http://<router_IP>/cgi-bin/;killall$IFS'httpd'

Note: after performing this step, your router's web administration page will not be available until the device is restarted. Please read Bas' Blog for more details.

Vulnerability Identifier

No CVE information is available

Source

CERT-CC