Netgear FVS336Gv2/v3 Telnet CON Injection Allows Root Exec
CVE-2024-23690 Published on February 4, 2025
EOL Netgear FVS336v3 Telnet Configuration Backup Command Injection
The end-of-life Netgear FVS336Gv2 and FVS336Gv3 are affected by a command injection vulnerability in the Telnet interface. An authenticated and remote attacker can execute arbitrary OS commands as root over Telnet by sending crafted "util backup_configuration" commands.
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2024-23690 is exploitable with network access, and requires user privileges. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to be very high.
Weakness Type
What is a Shell injection Vulnerability?
The software constructs all or part of an OS command using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the intended OS command when it is sent to a downstream component.
CVE-2024-23690 has been classified to as a Shell injection vulnerability or weakness.
Products Associated with CVE-2024-23690
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Affected Versions
Netgear FVS336Gv3:- Before and including 4.3.5-3 is affected.
- Before and including 4.3.3-6 is affected.
Exploit Probability
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