CVE-2021-20168: Netgear RAX43 version 1.0.3.96 does not have sufficient protections to the UART interface. A malicious actor with physical access to the device is able to…

PriorityP433medium6.8CVSS 3.1

AVPACLPRNUINSUCHIHAH

EPSS

0.33%

25.4th percentile

Netgear RAX43 version 1.0.3.96 does not have sufficient protections to the UART interface. A malicious actor with physical access to the device is able to connect to the UART port via a serial connection, login with default credentials, and execute commands as the root user. These default credentials are admin:admin.

Affected

1 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
netgear	rax43_firmware	—	—

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.16.8MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

nvdv2.07.2HIGHAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

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