Advisory Details

June 8th, 2023

NETGEAR RAX30 USB Share Link Following Information Disclosure Vulnerability

CVE ID	CVE-2023-34283
CVSS SCORE	4.6, AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
AFFECTED VENDORS	NETGEAR
AFFECTED PRODUCTS	RAX30
VULNERABILITY DETAILS	This vulnerability allows physically present attackers to disclose sensitive information on affected installations of NETGEAR RAX30 routers. Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the handling of symbolic links on removable USB media. By creating a symbolic link, an attacker can abuse the router's web server to access arbitrary local files. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to disclose information in the context of root.
ADDITIONAL DETAILS	NETGEAR has issued an update to correct this vulnerability. More details can be found at: https://kb.netgear.com/000065650/Security-Advisory-for-Multiple-Vulnerabilities-on-the-RAX30-PSV-2023-0003-PSV-2023-0004?article=000065650
DISCLOSURE TIMELINE	2023-01-04 - Vulnerability reported to vendor 2023-06-08 - Coordinated public release of advisory
CREDIT	Dmitry "InfoSecDJ" Janushkevich of Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative

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