Root command execution via traceroute input
Published Dec 25, 2023 · Updated Aug 2, 2024
Command injection in Peplink Balance Two before 8.4.0 allows remote authenticated users with admin privileges to execute commands as root. The administration console's traceroute feature passes insufficiently validated input to an operating-system command, enabling command injection. Administrative access to the network-reachable console is required, and successful exploitation permits complete control of the router, its stored secrets, and handled traffic.
Summary
What happened
Command injection in Peplink Balance Two before 8.4.0 allows remote authenticated users with admin privileges to execute commands as root. The administration console's traceroute feature passes insufficiently validated input to an operating-system command, enabling command injection. Administrative access to the network-reachable console is required, and successful exploitation permits complete control of the router, its stored secrets, and handled traffic.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2023-49226
- Published
- Dec 25, 2023
- Updated
- Aug 2, 2024
- Vendor
- Unknown vendor
- Product
- Unknown product
- Classifications
- CWE-77, T1059
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- admin
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Dec 25, 2023CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Aug 2, 2024Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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Public exploit references
- Multiple vulnerabilities in Peplink Balance Two ≤ 8.3.0proof of concept · demonstrated
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