Vulnerability Name:

CVE-2017-18838 (CCN-180781)

Assigned:2017-09-26
Published:2017-09-26
Updated:2020-04-22
Summary:Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by privilege escalation. This affects M4300-28G before 12.0.2.15, M4300-52G before 12.0.2.15, M4300-28G-POE+ before 12.0.2.15, M4300-52G-POE+ before 12.0.2.15, M4300-8X8F before 12.0.2.15, M4300-12X12F before 12.0.2.15, M4300-24X24F before 12.0.2.15, M4300-24X before 12.0.2.15, M4300-48X before 12.0.2.15, and M4200 before 12.0.2.15.
CVSS v3 Severity:7.8 High (CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
6.8 Medium (Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C)
Exploitability Metrics:Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): Low
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope:Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): High
Integrity (I): High
Availibility (A): High
7.8 High (CCN CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
6.8 Medium (CCN Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C)
Exploitability Metrics:Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): Low
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope:Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): High
Integrity (I): High
Availibility (A): High
CVSS v2 Severity:4.6 Medium (CVSS v2 Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Local
Access Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): Partial
Integrity (I): Partial
Availibility (A): Partial
6.8 Medium (CCN CVSS v2 Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Local
Access Complexity (AC): Low
Athentication (Au): Single_Instance
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): Complete
Integrity (I): Complete
Availibility (A): Complete
Vulnerability Type:CWE-269
Vulnerability Consequences:Gain Privileges
References:Source: MITRE
Type: CNA
CVE-2017-18838

Source: XF
Type: UNKNOWN
netgear-cve201718838-priv-esc(180781)

Source: CCN
Type: NETGEAR Security Advisory: PSV-2017-1975
Security Advisory for Vertical Privilege Escalation on Some Fully Managed Switches

Source: CONFIRM
Type: Vendor Advisory
https://kb.netgear.com/000049024/Security-Advisory-for-Vertical-Privilege-Escalation-on-Some-Fully-Managed-Switches-PSV-2017-1975

Vulnerable Configuration:Configuration 1:
  • cpe:/o:netgear:m4300-28g_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (Version < 12.0.2.15)
  • AND
  • cpe:/h:netgear:m4300-28g:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

    • Configuration 2:
  • cpe:/o:netgear:m4300-52g_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (Version < 12.0.2.15)
  • AND
  • cpe:/h:netgear:m4300-52g:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

    • Configuration 3:
  • cpe:/o:netgear:m4300-28g-poe+_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (Version < 12.0.2.15)
  • AND
  • cpe:/h:netgear:m4300-28g-poe+:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

    • Configuration 4:
  • cpe:/o:netgear:m4300-52g-poe+_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (Version < 12.0.2.15)
  • AND
  • cpe:/h:netgear:m4300-52g-poe+:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

    • Configuration 5:
  • cpe:/o:netgear:m4300-8x8f_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (Version < 12.0.2.15)
  • AND
  • cpe:/h:netgear:m4300-8x8f:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

    • Configuration 6:
  • cpe:/o:netgear:m4300-12x12f_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (Version < 12.0.2.15)
  • AND
  • cpe:/h:netgear:m4300-12x12f:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

    • Configuration 7:
  • cpe:/o:netgear:m4300-24x24f_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (Version < 12.0.2.15)
  • AND
  • cpe:/h:netgear:m4300-24x24f:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

    • Configuration 8:
  • cpe:/o:netgear:m4300-24x_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (Version < 12.0.2.15)
  • AND
  • cpe:/h:netgear:m4300-24x:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

    • Configuration 9:
  • cpe:/o:netgear:m4300-48x_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (Version < 12.0.2.15)
  • AND
  • cpe:/h:netgear:m4300-48x:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

    • Configuration 10:
  • cpe:/o:netgear:m4200_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (Version < 12.0.2.15)
  • AND
  • cpe:/h:netgear:m4200:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

    • Configuration CCN 1:
  • cpe:/o:netgear:m4300-24x_firmware:12.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/o:netgear:m4300-52g-poe+_firmware:12.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/o:netgear:m4300-52g_firmware:12.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/o:netgear:m4300-28g_firmware:12.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/o:netgear:m4300-8x8f_firmware:12.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/o:netgear:m4300-24x24f_firmware:12.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/o:netgear:m4300-28g-poe+_firmware:12.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/o:netgear:m4200_firmware:12.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/o:netgear:m4300-48x_firmware:12.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/o:netgear:m4300-12x12f_firmware:12.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

    • * Denotes that component is vulnerable
    BACK
    netgear m4300-28g firmware *
    netgear m4300-28g -
    netgear m4300-52g firmware *
    netgear m4300-52g -
    netgear m4300-28g-poe+ firmware *
    netgear m4300-28g-poe+ -
    netgear m4300-52g-poe+ firmware *
    netgear m4300-52g-poe+ -
    netgear m4300-8x8f firmware *
    netgear m4300-8x8f -
    netgear m4300-12x12f firmware *
    netgear m4300-12x12f -
    netgear m4300-24x24f firmware *
    netgear m4300-24x24f -
    netgear m4300-24x firmware *
    netgear m4300-24x -
    netgear m4300-48x firmware *
    netgear m4300-48x -
    netgear m4200 firmware *
    netgear m4200 -
    netgear m4300-24x firmware 12.0.2
    netgear m4300-52g-poe+ firmware 12.0.2
    netgear m4300-52g firmware 12.0.2
    netgear m4300-28g firmware 12.0.2
    netgear m4300-8x8f firmware 12.0.2
    netgear m4300-24x24f firmware 12.0.2
    netgear m4300-28g-poe+ firmware 12.0.2
    netgear m4200 firmware 12.0.2
    netgear m4300-48x firmware 12.0.2
    netgear m4300-12x12f firmware 12.0.2