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CVE-2016-6277

NETGEAR R6250 before 1.0.4.6.Beta, R6400 before 1.0.1.18.Beta, R6700 before 1.0.1.14.Beta, R6900, R7000 before 1.0.7.6.Beta, R7100LG before...

Basic Information

CVE State
PUBLISHED
Reserved Date
July 22, 2016
Published Date
December 14, 2016
Last Updated
February 04, 2025
Vendor
NETGEAR
Product
Routers
Description
NETGEAR R6250 before 1.0.4.6.Beta, R6400 before 1.0.1.18.Beta, R6700 before 1.0.1.14.Beta, R6900, R7000 before 1.0.7.6.Beta, R7100LG before 1.0.0.28.Beta, R7300DST before 1.0.0.46.Beta, R7900 before 1.0.1.8.Beta, R8000 before 1.0.3.26.Beta, D6220, D6400, D7000, and possibly other routers allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the path info to cgi-bin/.
Tags
cisa nuclei_scanner edge metasploit_scanner

CVSS Scores

CVSS v3.1

8.8 - HIGH

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v2.0

9.3

Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

SSVC Information

Exploitation
active
Technical Impact
total

Exploit Status

Exploited in the Wild
Yes (2025-05-05 00:00:00 UTC) Source

References

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40889/ https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41598/ http://kb.netgear.com/000036386/CVE-2016-582384 http://www.sj-vs.net/a-temporary-fix-for-cert-vu582384-cwe-77-on-netgear-r7000-and-r6400-routers/ https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/582384 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94819 https://kalypto.org/research/netgear-vulnerability-expanded/ http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155712/Netgear-R6400-Remote-Code-Execution.html

Known Exploited Vulnerability Information

Source Added Date
CISA 2022-03-07 00:00:00 UTC

Scanner Integrations

Scanner URL Date Detected
Metasploit https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/exploits/linux/http/netgear_r7000_cgibin_exec.rb 2025-04-29 11:01:14 UTC
Nuclei https://github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/blob/main/http/cves/2016/CVE-2016-6277.yaml 2025-04-26 00:00:00 UTC

Potential Proof of Concepts

Warning: These PoCs have not been tested and could contain malware. Use at your own risk.

netgear_r7000_cgibin_exec

Type: metasploit • Created: Unknown

Metasploit module for CVE-2016-6277

Timeline

  • CVE ID Reserved

  • CVE Published to Public

  • Added to KEVIntel

  • Detected by Nuclei

  • Detected by Metasploit