Overview
This blog post delves into the technical details of CVE-2025-5572, a critical vulnerability discovered in D-Link DCS-932L 2.18.01. This vulnerability is of vital importance due to its potential for system compromise or data leakage, as well as the fact that it affects products that are no longer supported by the maintainer. All users of the affected software should be aware of this issue and seek to mitigate its potential impact as soon as possible.
Vulnerability Summary
CVE ID: CVE-2025-5572
Severity: Critical (CVSS: 8.8)
Attack Vector: Network
Privileges Required: None
User Interaction: None
Impact: Potential system compromise or data leakage
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Product | Affected Versions
D-Link DCS-932L | 2.18.01
How the Exploit Works
The vulnerability resides in the setSystemEmail function of the file/setSystemEmail. The manipulation of the argument EmailSMTPPortNumber can lead to a stack-based buffer overflow. A crafted request with an oversized EmailSMTPPortNumber argument could overflow the buffer, leading to arbitrary code execution or denial of service.
Conceptual Example Code
Below is a
conceptual
example of how the vulnerability might be exploited. This pseudocode represents a malicious HTTP request that manipulates the EmailSMTPPortNumber argument to trigger the buffer overflow:
POST /setSystemEmail HTTP/1.1
Host: target.example.com
Content-Type: application/json
{
"EmailSMTPPortNumber": "A"*8000 // This is a simplified representation of a buffer overflow attack where 'A'*8000 represents a large number of 'A' characters designed to overflow the buffer
}Please note that this example is purely conceptual and is not intended to be used for malicious purposes.
Mitigation
Affected users are advised to apply the vendor patch as soon as possible. In the absence of a vendor patch, users may use Web Application Firewalls (WAF) or Intrusion Detection Systems (IDS) as temporary mitigation. Regular monitoring and auditing of the systems for any anomalies or suspicious activities are also recommended.