CVE-2017-17020: dlink dcs-5009_firmware OS Command Injection

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2017-17020 is a high (CVSS 8.8) OS Command Injection vulnerability in dlink dcs-5009_firmware. EPSS estimates a 14.84% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 96.6% of scored vulnerabilities. 2 public exploits are recorded.

Timeline

1. 01-05-2018
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 05-08-2024
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

On D-Link DCS-5009 devices with firmware 1.08.11 and earlier, DCS-5010 devices with firmware 1.14.09 and earlier, and DCS-5020L devices with firmware before 1.15.01, command injection in alphapd (binary responsible for running the camera's web server) allows remote authenticated attackers to execute code through sanitized /setSystemAdmin user input in the AdminID field being passed directly to a call to system.

• CWE-78Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')The product constructs all or part of an OS command using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the intended OS command when it is sent to a downstream component.