CVE-2014-2969
NETGEAR GS108PE Prosafe Plus switches with firmware 1.2.0.5 have a hardcoded password of debugpassword for the ntgruser account, which allows remote attackers to upload firmware or read or modify memory contents, and consequently execute arbitrary code,…
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.51%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
NETGEAR GS108PE Prosafe Plus switches with firmware 1.2.0.5 have a hardcoded password of debugpassword for the ntgruser account, which allows remote attackers to upload firmware or read or modify memory contents, and consequently execute arbitrary code, via a request to (1) produce_burn.cgi, (2) register_debug.cgi, or (3) bootcode_update.cgi.
- CVSS 2.0
- 8.3 HIGHAV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 1.51% probability · 73th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-255
- Affected
- netgear/gs108pe firmware · netgear/gs108pe
- Source
- cret@cert.org
References
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/143740US Government Resource
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/143740US Government Resource
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.