THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2017-14948
CRITICAL SEVERITY

CVE-2017-14948

Dir 868l Firmware vulnerability

CVSS
9.8
EPSS
4.8%
EPSS pct
91th
Exploited
No known
Certain D-Link products are affected by: Buffer Overflow. This affects DIR-880L 1.08B04 and DIR-895 L/R 1.13b03. The impact is: execute arbitrary code (remote). The component is: htdocs/fileaccess.cgi. The attack vector is: A crafted HTTP request handled by fileacces.cgi could allow an attacker to mount a ROP attack: if the HTTP header field CONTENT_TYPE starts with ''boundary=' followed by more than 256 characters, a buffer overflow would be triggered, potentially causing code execution.
Affected vendor
Dlink
Affected product
Dir 868l Firmware
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-120 — Classic Buffer Overflow
Published
2019-10-14

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no privileges, no user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to high impact to confidentiality, high impact to integrity, high impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 4.8% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 91% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2017-14948

  • Confirm whether Dlink Dir 868l Firmware is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2017-14948.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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