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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2017-18837

Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by vertical privilege escalation.

HIGH 7.8EPSS 0.30%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.30%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by vertical privilege escalation. This affects M4300-28G before 12.0.2.15, M4300-52G before 12.0.2.15, M4300-28G-POE+ before 12.0.2.15, M4300-52G-POE+ before 12.0.2.15, M4300-8X8F before 12.0.2.15, M4300-12X12F before 12.0.2.15, M4300-24X24F before 12.0.2.15, M4300-24X before 12.0.2.15, M4300-48X before 12.0.2.15, and M4200 before 12.0.2.15.

CVSS 3.1
7.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
0.30% probability · 23th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-269
Affected
netgear/m4300-28g firmware · netgear/m4300-52g firmware · netgear/m4300-28g-poe\+ firmware · netgear/m4300-52g-poe\+ firmware · netgear/m4300-8x8f firmware · netgear/m4300-12x12f firmware · netgear/m4300-24x24f firmware · netgear/m4300-24x firmware · netgear/m4300-48x firmware · netgear/m4200 firmware
Source
cve@mitre.org

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.