CVE-2018-9285

CRITICAL EXPLOITED

ASUS RT-AC Series Firmware - OS Command Injection via SystemCmd pingCNT and destIP Fields

Title source: llm

Exploitation Summary

CVE-2018-9285 has been observed exploited in the wild (reported by VulnCheck KEV).

Description

Main_Analysis_Content.asp in /apply.cgi on ASUS RT-AC66U, RT-AC68U, RT-AC86U, RT-AC88U, RT-AC1900, RT-AC2900, and RT-AC3100 devices before 3.0.0.4.384_10007; RT-N18U devices before 3.0.0.4.382.39935; RT-AC87U and RT-AC3200 devices before 3.0.0.4.382.50010; and RT-AC5300 devices before 3.0.0.4.384.20287 allows OS command injection via the pingCNT and destIP fields of the SystemCmd variable.

References (3)

Core 3

Core References

Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc

https://www.fortinet.com/blog/threat-research/fortiguard-labs-discovers-vulnerability-in-asus-router.html

Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc

https://fortiguard.com/zeroday/FG-VD-17-216

Exploit, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/160049/ASUS-TM-AC1900-Arbitrary-Command-Execution.html

Scores

CVSS v3 9.8

EPSS 0.0280

EPSS Percentile 86.3%

Attack Vector NETWORK

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

VulnCheck KEV 2020-01-08

CWE

CWE-78

Status published

Products (11)

asus/rt-ac1900_firmware < 3.0.0.4.384.10007

asus/rt-ac2900_firmware < 3.0.0.4.384.10007

asus/rt-ac3100_firmware < 3.0.0.4.384.10007

asus/rt-ac3200_firmware < 3.0.0.4.382.50010

asus/rt-ac5300_firmware < 3.0.0.4.384.20287

asus/rt-ac66u_firmware < 3.0.0.4.384.10007

asus/rt-ac68u_firmware < 3.0.0.4.384.10007

asus/rt-ac86u_firmware < 3.0.0.4.384.10007

asus/rt-ac87u_firmware < 3.0.0.4.382.50010

asus/rt-ac88u_firmware < 3.0.0.4.384.10007

... and 1 more

Published Apr 04, 2018

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026