THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2018-16408
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2018-16408

Dir 846 Firmware vulnerability

CVSS
7.2
EPSS
4.7%
EPSS pct
91th
Exploited
No known
D-Link DIR-846 devices with firmware 100.26 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code as root via a SetNetworkTomographySettings request by leveraging admin access.
Affected vendor
D Link
Affected product
Dir 846 Firmware
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-78 — OS Command Injection
Published
2018-09-03

Risk analysis

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

Its EPSS score of 4.7% 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-2018-16408

  • Confirm whether D Link Dir 846 Firmware is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2018-16408.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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