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CVE-2020-10882
published 2020-03-25

CVE-2020-10882: This vulnerability allows network-adjacent attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of TP-Link Archer A7 Firmware Ver: 190726 AC1750…

PriorityP276high8.8CVSS 3.1
AVAACLPRNUINSUCHIHAH
EXPLOIT
EPSS
44.44%
98.6th percentile
This vulnerability allows network-adjacent attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of TP-Link Archer A7 Firmware Ver: 190726 AC1750 routers. Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the tdpServer service, which listens on UDP port 20002 by default. When parsing the slave_mac parameter, the process does not properly validate a user-supplied string before using it to execute a system call. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of the root user. Was ZDI-CAN-9650.

Affected

2 ranges
VendorProductVersion rangeFixed in
tp-linkac1750_firmware< 201029201029
tp-linkac1750_firmware

Detection & IOCsextracted from sources · hover to see the quote

portUDP/20002
path/usr/bin/tdpServer
otherAES-128-CBC key: TPONEMESH_Kf!xn?, IV: 1234567890abcdef
  • Monitor for UDP traffic to port 20002 on TP-Link Archer A7/C7 devices; unauthenticated exploitation does not require prior authentication, so any external/LAN source sending crafted packets to this port is suspicious.
  • The exploit injects commands via the 'slave_mac' parameter in tdpServer packets; look for anomalous or shell-metacharacter-containing values in that field.
  • Exploit payloads are AES-128-CBC encrypted with hardcoded key 'TPONEMESH_Kf!xn?' and IV '1234567890abcdef'; network signatures can match this static key material in UDP/20002 traffic.
  • HTTP GET to '/webpages/app.1564127413977.manifest' on port 80 is used by the Metasploit module as a version check fingerprint for vulnerable firmware 190726.
  • All firmware versions up to (but excluding) 201029 and 201030 are exploitable; detect devices running firmware version 190726 as a high-priority finding.
  • ·Exploitation is limited to attackers on the LAN side of the router; this is not remotely exploitable from the WAN.
  • ·A patch bypass was discovered in November 2020; the updated injection technique works on older firmware too, meaning the original TP-Link patch was insufficient.

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.18.8HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
nvdv3.08.8HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
nvdv2.08.3HIGHAV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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