CVE-2021-45732

Netgear Nighthawk R6700 version 1.0.4.120 makes use of a hardcoded credential. It does not appear that normal users are intended to be able to manipulate configuration backups due to the fact that they are encrypted/obfuscated. By extracting the configuration using readily available public tools, a user can reconfigure settings not intended to be manipulated, repackage the configuration, and restore a backup causing these settings to be changed.

CVSS v3.0 8.8 HIGH
CVSS v2.0 6.5 MEDIUM

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CVSS v3.0 : HIGH

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.8 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

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CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

V2 Legend

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Exploitability : 8.0 / Impact : 6.4

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication SINGLE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
https://www.tenable.com/security/research/tra-2021-57	Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

AND

cpe:2.3:o:netgear:r6700_firmware:1.0.4.120:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:h:netgear:r6700:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Information

Published : 2021-12-30 14:15

Updated : 2022-01-11 09:20

NVD link : CVE-2021-45732

Mitre link : CVE-2021-45732

JSON object : View

CWE

CWE-798

Use of Hard-coded Credentials

Products Affected

netgear

r6700
r6700_firmware

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