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CVE-2017-20049: The manipulation leads to improper privilege management.
CVE-2017-20049 is rated critical with a CVSS v3.1 base score of 9.8 and NVD lists 6 affected products, including Axis P1204 Firmware. Per its scoring, it can be exploited over the network, without authentication, without any user interaction. The scored impact on confidentiality, integrity and availability is the highest available.
Vulnerability description
A vulnerability, was found in legacy Axis devices such as P3225 and M3005. This affects an unknown part of the component CGI Script. The manipulation leads to improper privilege management. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely.
Severity breakdown
CVSS v3.1 9.8: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Attack vector: Network. Exploitable remotely over the network, with no need for local or physical access.
- Attack complexity: Low. No special conditions; the attack can be repeated reliably.
- Privileges required: None. No account or prior access is needed.
- User interaction: None. No action from any user is needed.
- Scope: Unchanged. Impact stays within the vulnerable component.
- Confidentiality impact: High. Total loss of confidentiality; sensitive data can be fully disclosed.
- Integrity impact: High. Total loss of integrity; data or system state can be fully modified.
- Availability impact: High. Total loss of availability; the component can be shut down.
Underlying weakness
CWE-269: Improper Privilege Management
The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor.
Affected products
- Axis P1204 Firmware: up to and including 5.50.4
- Axis P3225 Firmware: up to and including 6.30.1
- Axis P3367 Firmware: up to and including 6.10.1.2
- Axis M3045 Firmware: up to and including 6.15.4.1
- Axis M3005 Firmware: up to and including 5.50.5.7
- Axis M3007 Firmware: up to and including 6.30.1.1