What is CVE-2023-34283?

CVE-2023-34283 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Netgear Rax30, classified under Improper Link Resolution Before File Access. CVSS score: 4.6/10. Published 2024-05-03.

How severe is CVE-2023-34283?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.6 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Netgear Rax30

CVE-2023-34283

NETGEAR RAX30 USB Share Link Following Information Disclosure Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows physically present attackers to disclose sensitive information on affected installations of NETGEAR RAX30 routers. Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the handling of symbolic links on removable USB media. By creating a symbolic link, an attacker can abuse the router's web server to access arbitrary local files. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to disclose information in the context of root. Was ZDI-CAN-19498.

EPSS: 0.006 (47.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.6 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Netgear Rax30 — versions 1.0.9.92_1
Netgear Rax30_firmware

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-59 — Improper Link Resolution Before File Access

References

zdi-disclosures@trendmicro.com (x_research-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
zdi-disclosures@trendmicro.com (vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-34283?: CVE-2023-34283 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Netgear Rax30, classified under Improper Link Resolution Before File Access. CVSS score: 4.6/10. Published 2024-05-03.
How severe is CVE-2023-34283?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.6 out of 10.