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JVNDB-2023-009966

Vulnerability from jvndb - Published: 2023-12-07 06:09 - Updated:2023-12-25 07:54

Severity

8.0 (High) - cvssV3_0 - CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Summary

FXC wireless LAN routers "AE1021PE" and "AE1021" vulnerable to OS command injection Critical

Details

"AE1021PE" and "AE1021" provided by FXC Inc. are information outlet-based wireless LAN routers. "AE1021PE" and "AE1021" contain an OS command injection vulnerability (CWE-78). JPCERT/CC has confirmed the communication which exploits this vulnerability. Ryu Kuki, Takayuki Sasaki, and Katsunari Yoshioka of Yokohama National University reported this vulnerability to JPCERT/CC. JPCERT/CC coordinated with the developer. And almost at the same time, The Akamai SIRT reported this vulnerability to CISA. JPCERT/CC coordinated with the developer.

References

Type

URL

	JVN	https://jvn.jp/en/vu/JVNVU92152057/index.html
	CVE	https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-49897
	NVD	https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-49897
	CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog	https://cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog
	ICS-CERT ADVISORY	https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/ics-advisories/icsa-23-355-01
	Related document	https://www.akamai.com/blog/security-research/zero-day-vulnerability-spreading-mirai-patched
	OS Command Injection(CWE-78)	https://www.ipa.go.jp/en/security/vulnerabilities/cwe.html

Impacted products

Vendor

Product

	FXC Inc.	Wireless LAN router AE1021PE
	FXC Inc.	Wireless LAN router AE1021

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CVE-2023-49897 (GCVE-0-2023-49897)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-12-06 06:49 – Updated: 2025-10-21 23:05

Summary

An OS command injection vulnerability exists in AE1021PE firmware version 2.0.9 and earlier and AE1021 firmware version 2.0.9 and earlier. If this vulnerability is exploited, an arbitrary OS command may be executed by an attacker who can log in to the product.

Severity

8.8 (High)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

SSVC

Exploitation: active Automatable: no Technical Impact: total

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2023-12-20 05:00 UTC

CWE

OS command injection
CWE-78 - Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')

Assigner

jpcert jpcert root

References

5 references

URL	Tags
https://www.fxc.jp/news/20231206
https://jvn.jp/en/vu/JVNVU92152057/
https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/ics-advisories/i…
https://www.akamai.com/blog/security-research/zer…
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilit…	government-resource

Impacted products

2 products

Vendor	Product	Version
FXC Inc.	AE1021PE	Affected: 2.0.9 and earlier
FXC Inc.	AE1021	Affected: 2.0.9 and earlier

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