Security Advisory

CVE-2021-27273

CVE vulnerability detail — eXtreme Datacenter Security Operations

Published 2021-03-29 20:55:23
Last updated 2024-08-03 20:48:16
Assigner zdi
State PUBLISHED

Description

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of NETGEAR ProSAFE Network Management System 1.6.0.26. Although authentication is required to exploit this vulnerability, the existing authentication mechanism can be bypassed. The specific flaw exists within the SettingConfigController class. When parsing the fileName parameter, the process does not properly validate a user-supplied string before using it to execute a system call. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of SYSTEM. Was ZDI-CAN-12121.