CVE-2023-49694 — A low-privileged OS user with access to a Windows host where NETGEAR ProSAFE Net

A low-privileged OS user with access to a Windows host where NETGEAR ProSAFE Network Management System is installed can create arbitrary JSP files in a Tomcat web application directory. The user can then execute the JSP files under the security context of SYSTEM.

01What is this vulnerability?

A low-privileged OS user with access to a Windows host where NETGEAR ProSAFE Network Management System is installed can create arbitrary JSP files in a Tomcat web application directory. The user can then execute the JSP files under the security context of SYSTEM.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
NETGEAR	NETGEAR ProSAFE Network Management System	0

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2023-11-29T22:47:42.597Z
• Last modified: 2024-08-02T22:01:25.766Z

09References

• www.tenable.com — https://www.tenable.com/security/research/tra-2023-39
• kb.netgear.com — https://kb.netgear.com/000065885/Security-Advisory-for-Vertical-Privilege-Escala…