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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, and possibly additional devices in the same codebase. The flaw is caused by improper neutralization of shell metacharacters in path information passed to the cgi-bin interface. An attacker can supply crafted path info containing shell metacharacters to a vulnerable CGI endpoint, causing the router to pass attacker-controlled input to an underlying shell context without adequate sanitization. This results in arbitrary command 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 known vulnerability in internet-exposed edge devices that Evooo1Bot exploits for initial compromise.
A remote code execution vulnerability affecting multiple NETGEAR routers that Evooo1Bot targets.
A remote code execution vulnerability affecting multiple NETGEAR routers that Evooo1Bot exploits during discovery/infection activity.
A specific known vulnerability leveraged by Evooo1Bot to compromise exposed Linux-based edge devices.
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