CVE-2017-18824
What it is
Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by directory traversal. 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.
At a glance
- Exploitability
- Can be exploited locally on the machine with a low-privilege account. Limited direct impact.
- Exploit odds
- 0.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS).
- Fix
- A patch, advisory or fixed version is referenced. Upgrade or apply it.
Timeline
- PublishedDisclosed publicly on CVE.org and NVD
- Last updatedMost recent change to the record
Why it ranks here
- Exploited in the wild: no, CISA does not list it.
- Exploit odds: 0.5% in the next 30 days (EPSS).
- Severity: 3.3 LOW (CVSS).
- Fix: a patch or advisory is linked.
Details
- Published
- Last modified
- Exploit probability
- 0.5% · EPSS, next 30 days
- Weakness
- CWE-22 · Path traversal
- Record status
- Modified
Affected
- Netgear m4300-28g Firmware < 12.0.2.15
- Netgear m4300-52g Firmware < 12.0.2.15
- Netgear m4300-28g-poe\+ Firmware < 12.0.2.15
- Netgear m4300-52g-poe\+ Firmware < 12.0.2.15
- Netgear m4300-8x8f Firmware < 12.0.2.15
- Netgear m4300-12x12f Firmware < 12.0.2.15
- Netgear m4300-24x24f Firmware < 12.0.2.15
- Netgear m4300-24x Firmware < 12.0.2.15
Attack profile CVSS 3.1 · 3.3
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
Raw vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
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Fix and advisories
- https://kb.netgear.com/000049041/Security-Advisory-for-Directory-Traversal-on-Some-Fully-Managed-Switches-PSV-2017-1942
- https://kb.netgear.com/000049041/Security-Advisory-for-Directory-Traversal-on-Some-Fully-Managed-Switches-PSV-2017-1942