CVE-2021-38539 Information

Description

Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by privilege escalation. This affects D8500 before 1.0.3.44 R6400v2 before 1.0.2.66 R6700 before 1.0.2.6 R6700v3 before 1.0.2.66 R6900 before 1.0.2.4 R6900P before 1.3.2.126 R7000 before 1.0.9.42 R7000P before 1.3.2.126 R7100LG before 1.0.0.50 R7300DST before 1.0.0.70 R7900 before 1.0.3.10 R8300 before 1.0.2.130 and R8500 before 1.0.2.130.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Reference

https://kb.netgear.com/000063760/Security-Advisory-for-Vertical-Privilege-Escalation-on-Some-Routers-and-Gateways-PSV-2018-0385

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction Required

LOW

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

8.8