Vulnerability · Published Dec 29, 2020 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2020-35782
High 8.1
In plain English
A high-severity security flaw in the affected software. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 1.7% (higher than 77% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS 3.1)8.1High
Exploit odds (30 days)1.7%top 23.1% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by lack of access control at the function level. This affects JGS516PE before 2.6.0.48, JGS524Ev2 before 2.6.0.48, JGS524PE before 2.6.0.48, and GS116Ev2 before 2.6.0.48. The TFTP firmware update mechanism does not properly implement firmware validations, allowing remote attackers to write arbitrary data to internal memory.
Affected products (as reported)
References
- https://kb.netgear.com/000062636/Security-Advisory-for-Missing-Function-Level-Access-Control-on-Some-Smart-Managed-Plus-Switches-PSV-2020-0378 x_refsource_MISC
- https://research.nccgroup.com/2021/03/08/technical-advisory-multiple-vulnerabilities-in-netgear-prosafe-plus-jgs516pe-gs116ev2-switches/ x_refsource_MISC