Cyber Resilience

CVE-2024-4964

Medium

Published: 16 May 2024

Published
16 May 2024
Modified
15 July 2025
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v4 5.3 CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
EPSS Score 0.0132 80.3th percentile
Risk Priority 11 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2024-4964 is a medium-severity Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type (CWE-434) vulnerability in Dlink Dar-7000 Firmware. Its CVSS base score is 5.3 (Medium).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked in the top 19.7% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

** UNSUPPORTED WHEN ASSIGNED ** A vulnerability has been found in D-Link DAR-7000-40 V31R02B1413C and classified as critical. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the file /firewall/urlblist.php. The manipulation of the argument file leads to unrestricted upload. The attack can…

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be initiated remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-264532. NOTE: This vulnerability only affects products that are no longer supported by the maintainer. NOTE: Vendor was contacted early and confirmed immediately that the product is end-of-life. It should be retired and replaced.

CWE(s)
CWE-434

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI

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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T1608.002 Upload Tool Resource Development
Adversaries may upload tools to third-party or adversary controlled infrastructure to make it accessible during targeting.
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Why these techniques?

The vulnerability is an unrestricted file upload in a public-facing web interface (/firewall/urlblist.php) on an end-of-life network device, enabling exploitation of public-facing applications (T1190) and uploading tools to the device (T1608.002) as explicitly noted in the advisory.

Affected Assets

dlink
dar-7000 firmware
31r02b1413c

Mitigating Controls

Likely Mitigating Controls AI

Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.

MP-7 Media Use
addresses: CWE-434

Requiring identifiable owners for portable devices reduces the attack surface for unrestricted uploads of dangerous file types via anonymous media.

SC-44 Detonation Chambers
addresses: CWE-434

Dangerous file uploads can be detonated in the chamber to determine malice before any production write or execution occurs.

SC-51 Hardware-based Protection
addresses: CWE-434

Prevents unrestricted writing of arbitrary or malicious firmware by keeping hardware write-protect enabled except under tightly controlled manual procedures.

SI-3 Malicious Code Protection
addresses: CWE-434

Scans files from external sources on download/open/execute, blocking unrestricted uploads of dangerous file types.

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