CVE-2017-18766 is a medium-severity vulnerability affecting certain NETGEAR DST6501 and WNR2000v2 devices, allowing an unauthenticated attacker on the adjacent network to read arbitrary files. The CVSS score of 6.5 indicates a high impact on confidentiality with no user interaction required. There is no evidence of active exploitation, nor are there publicly available exploit modules in Metasploit or Nuclei. This vulnerability has received minimal community discussion or media coverage, suggesting low public awareness.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 1.1.0.6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:netgear:dst6501_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 1.2.0.8CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:netgear:wnr2000_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:A/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 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.