{"uuid": "17f8b7d9-aa32-45a6-8021-fe6335fcee0b", "vulnerability_lookup_origin": "1a89b78e-f703-45f3-bb86-59eb712668bd", "author": "9f56dd64-161d-43a6-b9c3-555944290a09", "vulnerability": "CVE-2018-5999", "type": "seen", "source": "https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/exploits/linux/http/asuswrt_lan_rce.rb", "content": "{\"aliases\": [], \"arch\": \"cmd\", \"author\": [\"Pedro Ribeiro \"], \"autofilter_ports\": [80, 8080, 443, 8000, 8888, 8880, 8008, 3000, 8443], \"autofilter_services\": [\"http\", \"https\"], \"check\": false, \"default_credential\": false, \"description\": \"The HTTP server in AsusWRT has a flaw where it allows an unauthenticated client to\\n          perform a POST in certain cases. This can be combined with another vulnerability in\\n          the VPN configuration upload routine that sets NVRAM configuration variables directly\\n          from the POST request to enable a special command mode.\\n          This command mode can then be abused by sending a UDP packet to infosvr, which is running\\n          on port UDP 9999 to directly execute commands as root.\\n          This exploit leverages that to start telnetd in a random port, and then connects to it.\\n          It has been tested with the RT-AC68U running AsusWRT Version 3.0.0.4.380.7743.\", \"disclosure_date\": \"2018-01-22\", \"fullname\": \"exploit/linux/http/asuswrt_lan_rce\", \"is_install_path\": true, \"mod_time\": \"2025-06-23 12:43:46 +0000\", \"name\": \"AsusWRT LAN Unauthenticated Remote Code Execution\", \"needs_cleanup\": null, \"notes\": {\"Reliability\": [\"unknown-reliability\"], \"SideEffects\": [\"unknown-side-effects\"], \"Stability\": [\"unknown-stability\"]}, \"path\": \"/modules/exploits/linux/http/asuswrt_lan_rce.rb\", \"platform\": \"Unix\", \"post_auth\": false, \"rank\": 600, \"ref_name\": \"linux/http/asuswrt_lan_rce\", \"references\": [\"URL-https://blogs.securiteam.com/index.php/archives/3589\", \"URL-https://raw.githubusercontent.com/pedrib/PoC/master/advisories/asuswrt-lan-rce.txt\", \"URL-https://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2018/Jan/78\", \"CVE-2018-5999\", \"CVE-2018-6000\"], \"rport\": 9999, \"session_types\": false, \"targets\": [\"AsusWRT < v3.0.0.4.384.10007\"], \"type\": \"exploit\"}", "creation_timestamp": "2026-09-08T06:48:23.359786Z"}