55990 : DD-WRT HTTP Daemon Metacharacter Injection Remote Code Execution
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Views This Week	Views All Time	Added to OSVDB	Last Modified	Modified (since 2008)	Percent Complete
17	873	over 2 years ago	about 1 year ago	16 times	90%

Timeline

Disclosure Date	Exploit Publish Date
2009-07-20	2009-07-20

Description

A code execution flaw exists in the DD-WRT firmware. The HTTP server fails to properly handle metacharacters resulting in code execution. With a specially crafted request, a remote attacker can cause arbitrary code execution as the root user resulting in a loss of integrity.

Classification

Location: Remote / Network Access
Attack Type: Input Manipulation
Impact: Loss of Integrity
Exploit: Exploit Public
Disclosure: Vendor Verified, Uncoordinated Disclosure
OSVDB: Web Related

Solution

Currently, there are no known upgrades, patches, or workarounds available to correct this issue.

Products

NewMedia-NET GmbH

DD-WRT

24 SP1

References

Security Tracker: 1022596
CVE ID: 2009-2765 (see also: NVD)
Bugtraq ID: 35742
Metasploit ID: 55990
Milw0rm: 9209
Exploit Database: 9209
Other Advisory URL: http://isc.sans.org/diary.html?storyid=6853&rss
http://metasploit.com/svn/framework3/trunk/modules/exploits/linux/http/ddwrt_cgibin_exec.rb
http://pauldotcom.com/2009/07/using-metasploit-dd-wrt-exploi.html
http://www.dd-wrt.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=55173
Mail List Post: http://mail.pauldotcom.com/pipermail/pauldotcom/2009-July/002299.html
Vendor Specific News/Changelog Entry: http://www.dd-wrt.com/
News Article: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/07/21/critical_ddwrt_router_vuln/

Tools & Filters

	40353

Credit

gat3way -

CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 8.3
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2009-08-17 | Disagree?

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