CVE-2017-18830 describes a vertical privilege escalation vulnerability affecting multiple NETGEAR M4300 and M4200 series devices running firmware versions prior to 12.0.2.15. This flaw allows an authenticated, low-privileged attacker to gain higher privileges on the device. With a CVSS v3.1 score of 7.8 (High), the vulnerability has a low attack complexity and can lead to high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is currently no public exploit code available, nor is there evidence of active exploitation 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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