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Exploited vulnerability

CVE-2019-17621

TLP:CLEAR

D-Link DIR-859 Router Command Execution Vulnerability

D-Link DIR-859 router contains a command execution vulnerability in the UPnP endpoint URL, /gena.cgi. Exploitation allows an unauthenticated remote attacker to execute system commands as root by sending a specially crafted HTTP SUBSCRIBE request to the UPnP service when connecting to the local network.

Facts

  • Vendor: D-Link
  • Product: DIR-859 Router
  • CVSS: 9.8
  • EPSS (probability of exploitation within 30 days): 90.6 %
  • On CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list since: 29 June 2023
  • First known exploitation: 29 June 2023
  • CISA's deadline for US federal agencies: 20 July 2023
  • Weakness: CWE-78
  • First seen by Risk Letters: 29 June 2023

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Data: NVD (public domain), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS, MITRE ATT&CK, AlienVault OTX. NVD

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