THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2017-15655
CRITICAL SEVERITY

CVE-2017-15655

Asuswrt vulnerability

CVSS
9.6
EPSS
3.1%
EPSS pct
86th
Exploited
No known
Multiple buffer overflow vulnerabilities exist in the HTTPd server in Asus asuswrt version <=3.0.0.4.376.X. All have been fixed in version 3.0.0.4.378, but this vulnerability was not previously disclosed. Some end-of-life routers have this version as the newest and thus are vulnerable at this time. This vulnerability allows for RCE with administrator rights when the administrator visits several pages.
Affected vendor
Asus
Affected product
Asuswrt
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within Memory Bounds
Published
2018-01-31

Risk analysis

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

Its EPSS score of 3.1% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 86% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2017-15655

  • Confirm whether Asus Asuswrt is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2017-15655.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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