SOC status:Duty analyst on shift

UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityAnalyzed

CVE-2020-29557

D-Link DIR-825 R1 Devices Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

KEVCRITICAL 9.8EPSS 54.3%

Does this matter?

Known to be exploited in the wild (CISA KEV, CISA remediation deadline 3 May 2022). Treat as an emergency change: patch or isolate now, then hunt for prior compromise.

Description

An issue was discovered on D-Link DIR-825 R1 devices through 3.0.1 before 2020-11-20. A buffer overflow in the web interface allows attackers to achieve pre-authentication remote code execution.

CVSS 3.1
9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
54.32% probability · 99th percentile
CISA KEV
Listed 3 November 2021 · due 3 May 2022
Weakness
CWE-119
Affected
dlink/dir-825 r1 firmware
Source
cve@mitre.org

CISA notes

Apply updates per vendor instructions. https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-29557

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