CVE-2013-4656 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Symlink Traversal vulnerability in ASUS RT-AC66U and RT-N56U due to misconfiguration in the SMB service.

Published: 2019-11-13

Score: 9.8 Critical

EPSS: 2.2% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

AND

cpe:2.3:o:asus:rt-ac66u_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:h:asus:rt-ac66u:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 [-]

AND

cpe:2.3:o:asus:rt-n56u_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:h:asus:rt-n56u:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2013-4511	Symlink Traversal vulnerability in ASUS RT-AC66U and RT-N56U due to misconfiguration in the SMB service.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.02205.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://www.ise.io/casestudies/exploiting-soho-routers/
https://www.ise.io/soho_service_hacks/
https://www.ise.io/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/soho_techreport.pdf

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Asus Rt-ac66u Rt-ac66u Firmware Rt-n56u Rt-n56u Firmware

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2019-11-13T14:44:05.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T16:52:26.504Z

Reserved: 2013-06-24T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2013-4656

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2019-11-13T15:15:09.963

Modified: 2026-06-16T23:57:40.220

Link: CVE-2013-4656

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-22
Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

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