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CVE-2018-10562 is a command injection vulnerability in Dasan GPON home routers. The flaw is exposed through the diagnostic ping functionality and can be triggered by supplying crafted input to the dest_host parameter in a diag_action=ping request sent to the GponForm/diag_Form endpoint. Insufficient sanitization of attacker-controlled input allows shell metacharacters or appended commands to be interpreted by the underlying system command execution context. The router stores ping results in a temporary location and later returns those results when the diagnostics page is revisited, which provides a straightforward channel for retrieving command output. In observed exploitation and public reporting, this issue has frequently been chained with CVE-2018-10561, an authentication bypass in the same product line, to achieve unauthenticated remote command execution with root privileges.
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This repository contains a Python exploit script (Pingpon.py) and a README.md. The script automates the exploitation of a remote code execution vulnerability (CVE-2018-10562) in GPON home routers. It uses the Shodan API to search for internet-exposed GPON routers, then sends a crafted POST request to the '/GponForm/diag_Form?images/' endpoint on each discovered device, injecting arbitrary Linux commands via the 'dest_host' parameter. The script then retrieves the output of the executed command from the '/diag.html?images/' endpoint. The user must provide a valid Shodan API key (stored in 'api.txt') and the Linux command to execute. The README provides usage instructions and prerequisites. The exploit is operational, allowing mass exploitation of vulnerable routers for arbitrary command execution.
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A specific CVE for which exploit code is implemented in native C inside TuxBot, but the exploit engine is dead code and never called at runtime in the analyzed version.
A high-severity vulnerability affecting Dasan GPON home routers that remains prominent in detections and has available exploit code according to the report.
A vulnerability explicitly observed being targeted by the Aquabot botnet as part of its propagation activity.
A vulnerability explicitly observed being targeted by the Aquabot botnet as part of its propagation activity.
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