CVE-2021-37317 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Directory Traversal vulnerability in Cloud Disk in ASUS RT-AC68U router firmware version before 3.0.0.4.386.41634 allows remote attackers to write arbitrary files via improper sanitation on the target for COPY and MOVE operations.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.01366.

Exploitation poc

Automatable yes

Technical Impact total

Vendors	Products
Asus	Rt-ac68u Rt-ac68u Firmware

Configuration 1 [-]

AND

cpe:2.3:o:asus:rt-ac68u_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:h:asus:rt-ac68u:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2021-23886	Directory Traversal vulnerability in Cloud Disk in ASUS RT-AC68U router firmware version before 3.0.0.4.386.41634 allows remote attackers to write arbitrary files via improper sanitation on the target for COPY and MOVE operations.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://robertchen.cc/blog/2021/03/31/asus-rce

History

Wed, 26 Mar 2025 19:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2023-02-03T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-03-26T18:49:26.040Z

Reserved: 2021-07-21T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2021-37317

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-04T01:16:03.946Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-02-03T18:15:12.513

Modified: 2025-03-26T19:15:16.220

Link: CVE-2021-37317

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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