Cyber Resilience

CVE-2024-8212

MediumPublic PoC

Published: 27 August 2024

Published
27 August 2024
Modified
29 August 2024
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 0.0347 87.8th percentile
Risk Priority 13 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2024-8212 is a medium-severity Command Injection (CWE-77) vulnerability in Dlink Dns-315L 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 12.2% 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 D-Link DNS-120, DNR-202L, DNS-315L, DNS-320, DNS-320L, DNS-320LW, DNS-321, DNR-322L, DNS-323, DNS-325, DNS-326, DNS-327L, DNR-326, DNS-340L, DNS-343, DNS-345, DNS-726-4, DNS-1100-4, DNS-1200-05 and DNS-1550-04 up to 20240814. It has been rated as critical. This issue affects the…

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function cgi_FMT_R12R5_2nd_DiskMGR of the file /cgi-bin/hd_config.cgi. The manipulation of the argument f_source_dev leads to command injection. The attack may be initiated remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. NOTE: This vulnerability only affects products that are no longer supported by the maintainer. NOTE: Vendor was contacted early and confirmed that the product is end-of-life. It should be retired and replaced.

CWE(s)
CWE-77

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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T1059.004 Unix Shell Execution
Adversaries may abuse Unix shell commands and scripts for execution.
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T1202 Indirect Command Execution Stealth
Adversaries may abuse utilities that allow for command execution to bypass security restrictions that limit the use of command-line interpreters.
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Why these techniques?

Command injection in public-facing CGI endpoint (/cgi-bin/hd_config.cgi) enables exploitation of public-facing application (T1190), remote Unix shell execution (T1059.004), and indirect command execution (T1202) as mapped by VulDB.

Affected Assets

dlink
dns-315l firmware
all versions
dlink
dns-320lw firmware
all versions
dlink
dns-1550-04 firmware
all versions
dlink
dns-1200-05 firmware
all versions
dlink
dns-1100-4 firmware
all versions
dlink
dns-726-4 firmware
all versions
dlink
dns-345 firmware
all versions
dlink
dns-343 firmware
all versions
dlink
dns-340l firmware
all versions
dlink
dnr-326 firmware
all versions
+10 more product configuration(s) — see NVD for full list

Mitigating Controls

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

References