Vulnerability · Published May 3, 2024 · Assigned by zdi

CVE-2023-34283NETGEAR RAX30 USB Share Link Following Information Disclosure Vulnerability

Medium 4.6

In plain English

A medium-severity security flaw in RAX30 from NETGEAR. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.6% (higher than 51% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.0)4.6Medium

Exploit odds (30 days)0.6%top 48.9% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

NETGEAR RAX30 USB Share Link Following Information Disclosure Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows physically present attackers to disclose sensitive information on affected installations of NETGEAR RAX30 routers. Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the handling of symbolic links on removable USB media. By creating a symbolic link, an attacker can abuse the router's web server to access arbitrary local files. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to disclose information in the context of root. Was ZDI-CAN-19498.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
NETGEAR	RAX30	1.0.9.92_1

Weakness: CWE-59 · Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

References

ZDI-23-837 x_research-advisory
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