CVEvulnerability
CVE-2015-9266
9.8 CRITICAL
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2018-09-05
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 9.8 CRITICAL — CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 9.8 CRITICAL — CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 10.0 HIGH — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-22
Description
The web management interface of Ubiquiti airMAX, airFiber, airGateway and EdgeSwitch XP (formerly TOUGHSwitch) allows an unauthenticated attacker to upload and write arbitrary files using directory traversal techniques. An attacker can exploit this vulnerability to gain root privileges. This vulnerability is fixed in the following product versions (fixes released in July 2015, all prior versions are affected): airMAX AC 7.1.3; airMAX M (and airRouter) 5.6.2 XM/XW/TI, 5.5.11 XM/TI, and 5.5.10u2 XW; airGateway 1.1.5; airFiber AF24/AF24HD 2.2.1, AF5x 3.0.2.1, and AF5 2.2.1; airOS 4 XS2/XS5 4.0.4; and EdgeSwitch XP (formerly TOUGHSwitch) 1.3.2.
Affected configurations
• ui airmax ac firmware 7.1.3
• ui airmax m xm firmware (< 5.6.2)
• ui airmax m xw firmware (< 5.6.2)
• ui airmax m ti firmware (< 5.6.2)
• ui airgateway firmware (< 1.15)
• ui airfiber af24 firmware (< 2.2.1)
• ui airfiber af24hd firmware (< 2.2.1)
• ui af5x firmware (< 3.0.2.1)
• ui af5 firmware (< 2.2.1)
• ubnt airos 4 xs2 (< 4.0.4)
• ubnt airos 4 xs5 (< 4.0.4)
• ubnt edgeswitch xp firmware (< 1.3.2)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory weakness
References
- https://community.ubnt.com/t5/airMAX-General-Discussion/Virus-attack-URGENT-UBNT/td-p/1562940 Vendor Advisory
- https://community.ubnt.com/t5/airMAX-Updates-Blog/Important-Security-Notice-and-airOS-5-6-5-Release/ba-p/1565949 Vendor Advisory
- https://community.ubnt.com/t5/airMAX-Updates-Blog/Security-Release-for-airMAX-TOUGHSwitch-and-airGateway-Released/ba-p/1300494 Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://hackerone.com/reports/73480 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39701/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39853/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://www.rapid7.com/db/modules/exploit/linux/ssh/ubiquiti_airos_file_upload Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://community.ubnt.com/t5/airMAX-General-Discussion/Virus-attack-URGENT-UBNT/td-p/1562940 Vendor Advisory
- https://community.ubnt.com/t5/airMAX-Updates-Blog/Important-Security-Notice-and-airOS-5-6-5-Release/ba-p/1565949 Vendor Advisory
- https://community.ubnt.com/t5/airMAX-Updates-Blog/Security-Release-for-airMAX-TOUGHSwitch-and-airGateway-Released/ba-p/1300494 Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://hackerone.com/reports/73480 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39701/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39853/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://www.rapid7.com/db/modules/exploit/linux/ssh/ubiquiti_airos_file_upload Exploit, Third Party Advisory