CVE-2017-18829 describes a vertical privilege escalation vulnerability affecting several NETGEAR M4300 and M4200 series devices running firmware versions prior to 12.0.2.15. This vulnerability allows a local, low-privileged attacker to gain elevated privileges, leading to high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. With a CVSS v3.1 score of 7.8 (High), the attack complexity is low, requiring no user interaction. There is currently no known active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 12.0.2.15CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:netgear:m4300-28g_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 12.0.2.15CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:netgear:m4300-52g_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 12.0.2.15CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:netgear:m4300-28g-poe\+_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 12.0.2.15CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:netgear:m4300-52g-poe\+_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 12.0.2.15CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:netgear:m4300-8x8f_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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