CVE-2021-23147: Netgear Nighthawk R6700 version 1.0.4.120 does not have sufficient protections for the UART console. A malicious actor with physical access to the device is…

PriorityP433medium6.8CVSS 3.1

AVPACLPRNUINSUCHIHAH

EPSS

0.36%

28.6th percentile

Netgear Nighthawk R6700 version 1.0.4.120 does not have sufficient protections for the UART console. A malicious actor with physical access to the device is able to connect to the UART port via a serial connection and execute commands as the root user without authentication.

Affected

1 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
netgear	r6700_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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