March 8, 2023, 9:22 p.m. | Jimi Sebree

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Netgear RAX30 Multiple Vulnerabilities

ReadyShare Implementation Symlink Attacks (CVE-2023-27850)


The default ReadyShare functionality automatically shares the contents of an inserted USB drive or other configured network share. These shares are accessible to a guest account via FTP by default or via HTTP unauthenticated. An attacker with the ability to configure a share or insert a USB drive with specially crafted symlinks can reveal and modify arbitrary files on the device.



  • CVSSv3 - 7.6 - AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H



ReadyShare Default Share Configurations Allow …

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