Root command execution via management console injection
Published Mar 28, 2024 · Updated Jan 14, 2025
OS command injection in the web management console of NEC Aterm routers allows remote authenticated users to execute commands as root. The console fails to neutralize shell metacharacters in attacker-controlled input before invoking an OS command; the specific function and parameter are undisclosed. Access requires a high-privilege management login from the LAN, and successful exploitation grants root-level command execution.
Summary
What happened
OS command injection in the web management console of NEC Aterm routers allows remote authenticated users to execute commands as root. The console fails to neutralize shell metacharacters in attacker-controlled input before invoking an OS command; the specific function and parameter are undisclosed. Access requires a high-privilege management login from the LAN, and successful exploitation grants root-level command execution.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2024-28015
- Published
- Mar 28, 2024
- Updated
- Jan 14, 2025
- Vendor
- NEC Corporation
- Product
- Aterm WR8600N
- Classifications
- CWE-78, T1059
- Attack vector
- adjacent
- Privileges
- admin
Timeline
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- Mar 28, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Jan 14, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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