CVE-2016-6277
highpriority · act · 90OT risk · criticalKEV · exploitedEPSS 0.998 · 100 %ileexploit · weaponizedEURUUSadded 2022-03-07remediate by 2022-09-07
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EPSS · scored 2026-10-23
NETGEAR Multiple Routers Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
NETGEAR R6250 before 1.0.4.6.Beta, R6400 before 1.0.1.18.Beta, R6700 before 1.0.1.14.Beta, R6900, R7000 before 1.0.7.6.Beta, R7100LG before 1.0.0.28.Beta, R7300DST before 1.0.0.46.Beta, R7900 before 1.0.1.8.Beta, R8000 before 1.0.3.26.Beta, D6220, D6400, D7000, and possibly other routers allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the path info to cgi-bin/.
cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode
ssvc
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weaknesses
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exploits (3)
Public proof-of-concept and weaponised exploit code.
- EDB-40889Netgear R7000 - Command Injectionfunctional · exploit_db
- EDB-41598Netgear R7000 / R6400 - 'cgi-bin' Command Injection (Metasploit)functional · exploit_db
affected products (23)
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also known as (6)
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sources
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references (22)
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- http://kb.netgear.com/000036386/CVE-2016-582384cnnvd
- http://www.sj-vs.net/a-temporary-fix-for-cert-vu582384-cwe-77-on-netgear-r7000-and-r6400-routers/cnnvd
- https://kalypto.org/research/netgear-vulnerability-expanded/cnnvd
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40889/cnnvd
- https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/582384cnnvd
- http://kb.netgear.com/000036386/CVE-2016-582384enisa_euvd
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155712/Netgear-R6400-Remote-Code-Execution.htmlenisa_euvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94819enisa_euvd
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