CVE-2018-8879

Stack-based buffer overflow in Asuswrt-Merlin firmware for ASUS devices older than 384.4 and ASUS firmware before 3.0.0.4.382.50470 for devices allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by providing a long string to the blocking.asp page via a GET or POST request. Vulnerable parameters are flag, mac, and cat_id.

CVSS v3 9.8 CRITICAL
CVSS v2.0 7.5 HIGH

9.8^/10

CVSS v3 : CRITICAL

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

7.5^/10

CVSS v2.0 : HIGH

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Exploitability : 10.0 / Impact : 6.4

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
https://pagedout.institute/download/PagedOut_001_beta1.pdf	Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://www.asus.com/Networking/RTAC66U/HelpDesk_BIOS	Product
https://pagedout.institute/download/PagedOut_001_beta1.pdf	Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://www.asus.com/Networking/RTAC66U/HelpDesk_BIOS	Product

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

AND

cpe:2.3:o:asus:rt-ac66u_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:h:asus:rt-ac66u:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

21 Nov 2024, 04:14

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References	~~() https://pagedout.institute/download/PagedOut_001_beta1.pdf - Exploit, Third Party Advisory~~	() https://pagedout.institute/download/PagedOut_001_beta1.pdf - Exploit, Third Party Advisory
References	~~() https://www.asus.com/Networking/RTAC66U/HelpDesk_BIOS - Product~~	() https://www.asus.com/Networking/RTAC66U/HelpDesk_BIOS - Product

Information

Published : 2019-11-21 16:15

Updated : 2024-11-21 04:14

NVD link : CVE-2018-8879

Mitre link : CVE-2018-8879

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2018-8879

JSON object : View

Products Affected

asus

rt-ac66u_firmware
rt-ac66u

CWE

CWE-787

Out-of-bounds Write

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