Cyber Resilience

CVE-2024-7185

HighPublic PoC

Published: 29 July 2024

Published
29 July 2024
Modified
21 November 2024
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v4 8.7 CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/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 0.0038 59.7th percentile
Risk Priority 18 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2024-7185 is a high-severity Classic Buffer Overflow (CWE-120) vulnerability in Totolink A3600R Firmware. Its CVSS base score is 8.7 (High).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked in the top 40.3% 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

A vulnerability was found in TOTOLINK A3600R 4.1.2cu.5182_B20201102 and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is the function setWebWlanIdx of the file /cgi-bin/cstecgi.cgi. The manipulation of the argument webWlanIdx leads to buffer overflow. The attack may be launched remotely.…

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The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. VDB-272606 is the identifier assigned to this vulnerability. NOTE: The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way.

CWE(s)
CWE-120

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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T1499.004 Application or System Exploitation Impact
Adversaries may exploit software vulnerabilities that can cause an application or system to crash and deny availability to users.
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Why these techniques?

Buffer overflow in the remote web CGI interface (/cgi-bin/cstecgi.cgi) of the TOTOLINK A3600R router enables exploitation of a public-facing application (T1190) and denial of service through application crash (T1499.004).

Affected Assets

totolink
a3600r firmware
4.1.2cu.5182_b20201102

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.

SC-27 Platform-independent Applications
addresses: CWE-120

Platform-independent managed code eliminates the need for unchecked native buffer copies that are the root cause of classic buffer overflows.

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