CVE-2017-18378 is a critical remote command execution vulnerability affecting NETGEAR ReadyNAS Surveillance software versions prior to 1.4.3-17 (x86) and 1.1.4-7 (ARM). The vulnerability stems from improper sanitization of the 'uploaddir' parameter, allowing an unauthenticated attacker to inject and execute arbitrary commands via the upgrade_handle.php script. With a CVSS score of 9.8, this flaw presents a severe risk, enabling full compromise of affected systems with low attack complexity and no user interaction required. Despite its critical severity, there is no public exploit code available, nor has it been observed in active exploitation, and it has received minimal community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 1.1.4-7CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:netgear:readynas_surveillance_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:arm:* | ||
< 1.4.3-17CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:netgear:readynas_surveillance_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:x86:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.