ZyXEL Armor Photobak Command Injection Vulnerability

EIP-c624ba9f

A command-injection vulnerability exists within the ZyXEL Armor Z1 AC2350 series. The vulnerable endpoint is within the ‘photobak’ component found in the cgi-bin. Exploitation of the vulnerability allows for remote unauthenticated attackers to run arbitrary commands on vulnerable versions of the firmware under the context of the underlying lighthttpd subsystem.

Vulnerability Identifiers

  • Exodus Intelligence: EIP-c624ba9f
  • MITRE CVE: CVE-2021-4029

Vulnerability Metrics

  • CVSSv2 Score: 8.3

Vendor References

  • https://www.zyxel.com/support/forgery-vulnerabilities-of-select-Armor-home-routers.shtml

Discovery Credit

  • Exodus Intelligence

Disclosure Timeline

  • Disclosed to affected vendor: December 14th, 2021
  • Disclosed to public: February 22nd, 2022

Further Information

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