PT-2020-9800 · Tenda · Tenda Pa6 Wi-Fi Powerline Extender

Published 2020-06-25 · Updated 2020-07-01 · CVE-2019-16213

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

9.0

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Tenda PA6 Wi-Fi Powerline extender version 1.0.1.21

Description The issue allows a remote authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the system. This can be achieved by sending a specially crafted string to modify the device name of an attached PLC adapter, thereby injecting and executing arbitrary commands on the system with root privileges.

Recommendations For Tenda PA6 Wi-Fi Powerline extender version 1.0.1.21, consider restricting access to the device to prevent remote authenticated attacks until a patch is available. As a temporary workaround, avoid using the device name modification feature for attached PLC adapters to minimize the risk of exploitation. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

OS Command Injection

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-78

Related Identifiers

CVE-2019-16213

Affected Products

Tenda Pa6 Wi-Fi Powerline Extender

References · 7

• 🔥 https://securityintelligence.com/posts/vulnerable-powerline-extenders-underline-lax-iot-security · Exploit
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2019-16213 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-16213 · Security Note
• https://t.me/cibsecurity/13175 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/cvenotify/4659 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/cibsecurity/13164 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/cibsecurity/13074 · Telegram Post