THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2019-17508
CRITICAL SEVERITY

CVE-2019-17508

Dir 859 A3 Firmware vulnerability

CVSS
9.8
EPSS
15.8%
EPSS pct
97th
Exploited
No known
On D-Link DIR-859 A3-1.06 and DIR-850 A1.13 devices, /etc/services/DEVICE.TIME.php allows command injection via the $SERVER variable.
Affected vendor
Dlink
Affected product
Dir 859 A3 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-78 — OS Command Injection
Published
2019-10-11

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 15.8% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 97% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2019-17508

  • Confirm whether Dlink Dir 859 A3 Firmware is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2019-17508.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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