Root command execution via improper authentication
Published Mar 28, 2024 · Updated Jan 14, 2025
Improper authentication in NEC Aterm firmware allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary commands as root over a LAN. NEC identifies telnet as the affected locus but has not published the authentication operation that incorrectly accepts command requests. Access is limited to the LAN side and requires previously obtained high privileges; successful exploitation grants root-level command execution.
Summary
What happened
Improper authentication in NEC Aterm firmware allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary commands as root over a LAN. NEC identifies telnet as the affected locus but has not published the authentication operation that incorrectly accepts command requests. Access is limited to the LAN side and requires previously obtained high privileges; successful exploitation grants root-level command execution.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2024-28007
- Published
- Mar 28, 2024
- Updated
- Jan 14, 2025
- Vendor
- NEC Corporation
- Product
- Aterm WR8600N
- Classifications
- CWE-287, T1059
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Mar 28, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Jan 14, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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