THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2018-10996
CRITICAL SEVERITY

CVE-2018-10996

Dir 629 B Firmware vulnerability

CVSS
9.8
EPSS
5.3%
EPSS pct
92th
Exploited
No known
The weblogin_log function in /htdocs/cgibin on D-Link DIR-629-B1 devices allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (buffer overflow) via a session.cgi?ACTION=logout request involving a long REMOTE_ADDR environment variable.
Affected vendor
D Link
Affected product
Dir 629 B Firmware
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within Memory Bounds
Published
2018-05-12

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 5.3% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 92% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2018-10996

  • Confirm whether D Link Dir 629 B Firmware is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2018-10996.
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