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CVE-2020-8515

CVE-2020-8515CRITICAL

n/a n/a — DrayTek Multiple Vigor Routers

  AV  AC  PR  UI  S  C  I  A   CVSS    EPSS    %ile   KEV
   N   L   N   N  U  H  H  H    9.8   .9999   100.0   YES

AFFECTED
  Product  Versions  Fixed
  n/a      n/a –     —

TIMELINE
  Feb 1   Reserved by mitre
  Feb 1   Published (CNA: mitre)
  Nov 3   Added to CISA KEV, remediation due 2022-05-03

CWE-78 · CNA: mitre · CVSS v3.1 · 4 references · KEV due May 3, 2022

Description

DrayTek Vigor2960 1.3.1_Beta, Vigor3900 1.4.4_Beta, and Vigor300B 1.3.3_Beta, 1.4.2.1_Beta, and 1.4.4_Beta devices allow remote code execution as root (without authentication) via shell metacharacters to the cgi-bin/mainfunction.cgi URI. This issue has been fixed in Vigor3900/2960/300B v1.5.1.

Lifecycle

Complete event history — 3 events, chronological
Date	Event	Detail
February 1, 2020	Reserved	Reserved by mitre
February 1, 2020	Published	Published (CNA: mitre)
November 3, 2021	KEV ADDED	Added to CISA KEV, remediation due 2022-05-03

Affected

Affected products and packages — 1 row
Vendor	Product / Package	Ecosystem	Version introduced	Fixed
n/a	n/a	—	n/a	—

Weaknesses

CWE-78

References (4)

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/156979/DrayTek-Vigor2960-Vigor3900-Vigor300B-Remote-Command-Execution.html [x_refsource_MISC]
https://sku11army.blogspot.com/2020/01/draytek-unauthenticated-rce-in-draytek.html [x_refsource_MISC]
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2020-8515 [government-resource]
https://www.draytek.com/about/security-advisory/vigor3900-/-vigor2960-/-vigor300b-router-web-management-page-vulnerability-%28cve-2020-8515%29/ [x_refsource_MISC]

Authoritative record: CVE-2020-8515 at cve.org

Weaknesses: CWE-78

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