Advisory Details

July 20th, 2015

Belkin N300 Dual-Band Wi-Fi Range Extender formBSSetSitesurvey Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

CVE ID	CVE-2015-5536
CVSS SCORE	9.0, AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
AFFECTED VENDORS	Belkin
AFFECTED PRODUCTS	N300 Dual-Band Wi-Fi Range Extender
VULNERABILITY DETAILS	This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of Belkin N300 Dual-Band Wi-Fi Range Extender. Authentication is required to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the handling of formBSSetSitesurvey requests. It is possible to inject arbitrary operating system commands when the application is handling several of the request's parameters. A remote attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute remote code under the context of the root user.
ADDITIONAL DETAILS	Belkin has issued an update to correct this vulnerability. More details can be found at: http://www.belkin.com/us/support-article?articleNum=4975
DISCLOSURE TIMELINE	2014-11-26 - Vulnerability reported to vendor 2015-07-20 - Coordinated public release of advisory
CREDIT	Elvis Collado of HP DVLabs

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