CVE-2024-39774
Published: 14 January 2025
Description
A buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the adm.cgi set_sys_adm() functionality of Wavlink AC3000 M33A8.V5030.210505. A specially crafted HTTP request can lead to stack-based buffer overflow. An attacker can make an authenticated HTTP request to trigger this vulnerability.
Security Summary
CVE-2024-39774 is a stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability in the set_sys_adm() functionality of adm.cgi within the Wavlink AC3000 firmware version M33A8.V5030.210505. The issue arises from a specially crafted HTTP request that overflows the buffer, potentially allowing arbitrary code execution.
An attacker with high privileges (PR:H) can exploit this vulnerability remotely over the network (AV:N) with low attack complexity (AC:L) and no user interaction required (UI:N). Exploitation changes scope (S:C) and results in high impacts to confidentiality, integrity, and availability (C:H/I:H/A:H), yielding a CVSS v3.1 base score of 9.1.
Mitigation details are available in the Talos Intelligence advisory at https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2024-2030.
Details
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