CVE-2018-3954
Devices in the Linksys ESeries line of routers (Linksys E1200 Firmware Version 2.0.09 and Linksys E2500 Firmware Version 3.0.04) are susceptible to OS command injection vulnerabilities due to improper filtering of data passed to and retrieved from NVRAMData entered into the 'Router Name' input field through the web portal is submitted to apply.cgi as the value to the 'machine_name' POST parameter. When the 'preinit' binary receives the SIGHUP signal it enters a code path that calls a function named 'set_host_domain_name' from its libshared.so shared object.
Published:Oct 17, 2018
Last Modified:Nov 21, 2024
EPS:Oct 17, 2018
EPSS Score:0.07957
CVSS Score:7.2
Affected Products
Vendor
Product
Action
Vendor
Linksys
Product
E1200
Linksys
E1200
Vendor
Linksys
Product
E1200 Firmware
Linksys
E1200 Firmware
Vendor
Linksys
Product
E2500
Linksys
E2500
Vendor
Linksys
Product
E2500 Firmware
Linksys
E2500 Firmware
Exploits
Common Weakness Enumeration
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Related CVEs
Common Vulnerability Scoring System
Attack Vector
Network
Adjacent
Local
Physical
Privileges Required
None
Low
High
User Interaction
None
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Changed
Confidentiality
None
Low
High
Integrity
None
Low
High
Availability
None
Low
High
