CVE-2018-8879
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2019-11-21 15:26
Modified
2024-08-05 07:10
Severity ?
Summary
Stack-based buffer overflow in Asuswrt-Merlin firmware for ASUS devices older than 384.4 and ASUS firmware before 3.0.0.4.382.50470 for devices allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by providing a long string to the blocking.asp page via a GET or POST request. Vulnerable parameters are flag, mac, and cat_id.
References
cve@mitre.orghttps://pagedout.institute/download/PagedOut_001_beta1.pdfExploit, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://www.asus.com/Networking/RTAC66U/HelpDesk_BIOSProduct
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://pagedout.institute/download/PagedOut_001_beta1.pdfExploit, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.asus.com/Networking/RTAC66U/HelpDesk_BIOSProduct
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