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CVE-2016-6277 is a remote command injection vulnerability affecting multiple NETGEAR router models, including R6250, R6400, R6700, R6900, R7000, R7100LG, R7300DST, R7900, R8000, D6220, D6400, and D7000, in vulnerable firmware versions prior to vendor-provided beta fixes. The flaw is caused by improper neutralization of shell metacharacters in path information supplied to the cgi-bin web interface. An attacker can send a crafted request to the router’s web management service and inject arbitrary shell commands through the path component, which are then interpreted by the underlying system shell. This results in unauthenticated remote code execution on the device.
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This repository contains a single Metasploit module targeting a command injection vulnerability (CVE-2016-6277) in Netgear R7000 and R6400 routers running firmware version 1.0.7.2_1.1.93 and possibly earlier. The exploit works by sending a specially crafted HTTP GET request to the router's /cgi-bin/ endpoint, injecting a command that uses wget to fetch and execute a payload from the attacker's server. The default payload is a linux/armle/meterpreter_reverse_tcp shell, providing the attacker with remote access to the device. The module includes a check method to verify if the target is a vulnerable Netgear router by inspecting the WWW-Authenticate header. The code is written in Ruby and is designed to be used within the Metasploit framework. The structure is typical for a Metasploit exploit module, with clear separation of initialization, vulnerability checking, exploitation, and payload delivery logic.
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A remote code execution vulnerability affecting multiple NETGEAR routers that the Evooo1Bot botnet exploits.
A remote code execution vulnerability affecting multiple NETGEAR routers that the Evooo1Bot botnet is stated to weaponize.
A remote code execution vulnerability affecting multiple NETGEAR routers that was listed among the flaws exploited in attempts linked to Evooo1Bot.
A remote code execution vulnerability affecting multiple NETGEAR routers that Evooo1Bot was observed exploiting.
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