Actively exploited · Published Sep 21, 2017 · Assigned by mitre

CVE-2015-1187

Critical 9.8 Exploited

In plain English

A critical-severity improper authentication in Multiple Devices from D-Link and TRENDnet. Attackers are actively exploiting it in the wild (listed by CISA on March 25, 2022). The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 82.7% (higher than 99.7% of all known vulnerabilities). Ready-made attack tooling exists: Metasploit, public proof-of-concept code. The impacted product is end-of-life and should be disconnected if still in use.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)9.8Critical
Exploit odds (30 days)82.7%top 0.3% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildYesCISA KEV since Mar 25, 2022
Attack tooling2Metasploit, Public PoC

CISA guidance

The impacted product is end-of-life and should be disconnected if still in use.

Federal agencies must remediate by Apr 15, 2022.

Official description

The ping tool in multiple D-Link and TRENDnet devices allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via the ping_addr parameter to ping.ccp.

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
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Weakness: CWE-287 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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