Check Point Advisories

NETGEAR Multiple Products Command Injection (CVE-2016-1555)

Vulnerability
Protection

Check Point Reference:	CPAI-2018-1007
Date Published:	9 Oct 2018
Severity:	Critical
Last Updated:	Wednesday 31 January, 2024
Source:
Industry Reference:	CVE-2016-1555
Protection Provided by:	Security Gateway R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable?	NETGEAR WN604 before 3.3.3 NETGEAR WN802Tv2 before 3.5.5.0 NETGEAR WNAP210v2 before 3.5.5.0 NETGEAR WNAP320 before 3.5.5.0 NETGEAR WNDAP350 before 3.5.5.0 NETGEAR WNDAP360 before 3.5.5.0 NETGEAR WNDAP660 before 3.5.5.0
Vulnerability Description	A command injection vulnerability exists in multiple NETGEAR products. A remote attacker can exploit this issue by sending a specially crafted request to the victim. Successful exploitation would allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target machine.

Protection Overview

This protection detects attempts to exploit this vulnerability.

In order for the protection to be activated, update your Security Gateway product to the latest IPS update. For information on how to update IPS, go to SBP-2006-05, click on Protection tab and select the version of your choice.

Security Gateway R81 / R80 / R77 / R75

In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the NETGEAR Multiple Products Command Injection (CVE-2016-1555) protection using the Search tool and Edit the protection's settings.
Install policy on all Security Gateways.

This protection's log will contain the following information:

Attack Name: Application Servers Protection Violation.
Attack Information: NETGEAR Multiple Products Command Injection (CVE-2016-1555)