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CVE-2021-27246 (GCVE-0-2021-27246)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-04-14 15:45 – Updated: 2024-08-03 20:48
VLAI
Summary
This vulnerability allows network-adjacent attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of TP-Link Archer A7 AC1750 1.0.15 routers. Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the handling of MAC addresses by the tdpServer endpoint. A crafted TCP message can write stack pointers to the stack. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of the root user. Was ZDI-CAN-12306.
Severity
8 (High)
CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-121 - Stack-based Buffer Overflow
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
TP-Link AC1750 Affected: 1.0.15 Build 20200628 rel.63501(4341)
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Credits
@0xMitsurugi (Synacktiv), @swapgs (Synacktiv)
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