CVE-2020-36907
HIGHDescription
Aerohive HiveOS contains a denial of service vulnerability in the NetConfig UI that allows unauthenticated attackers to render the web interface unusable. Attackers can send a crafted HTTP request to the action.php5 script with specific parameters to trigger a 5-minute service disruption.
CVSS v3 Vector
Exploitability
Impact
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Exploit Intelligence
Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 38% of all known CVEs.
References
- https://advisories.ncsc.nl/2020/ncsc-2020-0367.html
- https://community.extremenetworks.com/t5/iq-engine-hive-os-announcements/bg-p/IQ_Engine_Hive_OS_Announcements
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/181649
- https://packetstorm.news/files/id/157587
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/48441
- https://www.extremenetworks.com
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/extreme-networks-aerohive-hiveos-x-x-unauthenticated-remote-denial-of-service
- https://www.zeroscience.mk/en/vulnerabilities/ZSL-2020-5566.php
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