CVE-2014-9583

10.0 · HIGH

Published Jan 8, 2015 t-mobile CWE-264 EPSS 80.23% (100th pctl) AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Overview

CVE-2014-9583 is a high-severity vulnerability affecting t-mobile tm-ac1900. It was published on January 8, 2015 and has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 10.0 (HIGH).

This vulnerability has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 10.0, rated HIGH. It can be exploited remotely over the network. No authentication or special privileges are required for exploitation.

Technical Description

common.c in infosvr in ASUS WRT firmware 3.0.0.4.376_1071, 3.0.0.376.2524-g0013f52, and other versions, as used in RT-AC66U, RT-N66U, and other routers, does not properly check the MAC address for a request, which allows remote attackers to bypass authentication and execute arbitrary commands via a NET_CMD_ID_MANU_CMD packet to UDP port 9999. NOTE: this issue was incorrectly mapped to CVE-2014-10000, but that ID is invalid due to its use as an example of the 2014 CVE ID syntax change.

Remediation

Check the references section for vendor advisories and patches from t-mobile. Update tm-ac1900 to the latest patched version. If immediate patching is not possible, review the CVSS vector to understand the attack surface and apply compensating controls such as network segmentation or access restrictions.

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Versions	Status

References

Ref packetstormsecurity.com/files/129815/ASUSWRT-3.0.0.4.376_1071-LAN-Backdoor-Command-Execution.html Ref www.exploit-db.com/exploits/35688 GitHub github.com/jduck/asus-cmd Ref support.t-mobile.com/docs/DOC-21994 Ref www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44524/ Ref packetstormsecurity.com/files/129815/ASUSWRT-3.0.0.4.376_1071-LAN-Backdoor-Command-Execution.html Ref www.exploit-db.com/exploits/35688 GitHub github.com/jduck/asus-cmd Ref support.t-mobile.com/docs/DOC-21994 Ref www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44524/

Frequently Asked Questions

What is CVE-2014-9583?

CVE-2014-9583 is a high-severity vulnerability affecting t-mobile tm-ac1900. It was published on January 8, 2015 and has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 10.0 (HIGH).

How severe is CVE-2014-9583?

This vulnerability has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 10.0, rated HIGH. It can be exploited remotely over the network. No authentication or special privileges are required for exploitation.

How do I fix or remediate CVE-2014-9583?

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