CVE-2018-12257

Medium

Description

An issue was discovered on Momentum Axel 720P 5.1.8 devices. There is Authenticated Custom Firmware Upgrade via DNS Hijacking. An authenticated root user with CLI access is able to remotely upgrade firmware to a custom image due to lack of SSL validation by changing the nameservers in /etc/resolv.conf to the attacker's server, and serving the expected HTTPS response containing new firmware for the device to download.

SeverityMedium
CVSS4.4
Exploit probability—
ProductApollotechnologiesinc Momentum Axel 720p Firmware
PublishedJun 12, 2018
First seenJun 12, 2018

How to fix

Sources list no fixed version or patch link for this vulnerability.

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
apollotechnologiesinc momentum_axel_720p_firmware5.1.8—

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