CVE-2017-18829: Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by vertical privilege escalation. This affects M4300-28G before 12.0.2.15, M4300-52G before 12.0.2.15, M4300-28G-POE+…

PriorityP340high7.8CVSS 3.1

AVLACLPRLUINSUCHIHAH

EPSS

0.27%

19.1th percentile

Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by vertical privilege escalation. This affects M4300-28G before 12.0.2.15, M4300-52G before 12.0.2.15, M4300-28G-POE+ before 12.0.2.15, M4300-52G-POE+ before 12.0.2.15, M4300-8X8F before 12.0.2.15, M4300-12X12F before 12.0.2.15, M4300-24X24F before 12.0.2.15, M4300-24X before 12.0.2.15, M4300-48X before 12.0.2.15, and M4200 before 12.0.2.15.

Affected

10 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
netgear	m4200_firmware	< 12.0.2.15	12.0.2.15
netgear	m4300-12x12f_firmware	< 12.0.2.15	12.0.2.15
netgear	m4300-24x24f_firmware	< 12.0.2.15	12.0.2.15
netgear	m4300-24x_firmware	< 12.0.2.15	12.0.2.15
netgear	m4300-28g-poe_+_firmware	< 12.0.2.15	12.0.2.15
netgear	m4300-28g_firmware	< 12.0.2.15	12.0.2.15
netgear	m4300-48x_firmware	< 12.0.2.15	12.0.2.15
netgear	m4300-52g-poe_+_firmware	< 12.0.2.15	12.0.2.15
netgear	m4300-52g_firmware	< 12.0.2.15	12.0.2.15
netgear	m4300-8x8f_firmware	< 12.0.2.15	12.0.2.15

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.17.8HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

nvdv3.07.8HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

nvdv2.04.6MEDIUMAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

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