Cyber Resilience

CVE-2024-36729

MediumPublic PoC

Published: 03 June 2024

Published
03 June 2024
Modified
01 April 2025
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v3.1 6.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
EPSS Score 0.0285 86.6th percentile
Risk Priority 14 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2024-36729 is a medium-severity Stack-based Buffer Overflow (CWE-121) vulnerability in Trendnet Tew-827Dru Firmware. Its CVSS base score is 6.3 (Medium).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploitation for Privilege Escalation (T1068); ranked in the top 13.4% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

TRENDnet TEW-827DRU devices through 2.06B04 contain a stack-based buffer overflow in the ssi binary. The overflow allows an authenticated user to execute arbitrary code by POSTing to apply.cgi via the action wizard_ipv6 with a sufficiently long reboot_type key.

CWE(s)
CWE-121

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI

T1068 Exploitation for Privilege Escalation Privilege Escalation
Adversaries may exploit software vulnerabilities in an attempt to elevate privileges.
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T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application Initial Access
Adversaries may attempt to exploit a weakness in an Internet-facing host or system to initially access a network.
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T1210 Exploitation of Remote Services Lateral Movement
Adversaries may exploit remote services to gain unauthorized access to internal systems once inside of a network.
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Why these techniques?

Stack-based buffer overflow in router web interface (apply.cgi) enables authenticated remote code execution, facilitating exploitation of public-facing applications (T1190), exploitation of remote services (T1210), and privilege escalation via exploitation (T1068).

Affected Assets

trendnet
tew-827dru firmware
≤ 2.06b04

Mitigating Controls

No mitigating controls mapped yet. The per-CVE control annotator has not reached this CVE.

References