High severity8.8NVD Advisory· Published Jul 28, 2020· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2020-10924
CVE-2020-10924
Description
This vulnerability allows network-adjacent attackers to bypass authentication on affected installations of NETGEAR R6700 V1.0.4.84_10.0.58 routers. Although authentication is required to exploit this vulnerability, the existing authentication mechanism can be bypassed. The specific flaw exists within the UPnP service, which listens on TCP port 5000 by default. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of the length of user-supplied data prior to copying it to a fixed-length, stack-based buffer. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of root. Was ZDI-CAN-9643.
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Affected products
3- cpe:2.3:o:netgear:r6700_firmware:1.0.4.84_10.0.58:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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References
1- www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-20-704/nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
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