CVEvulnerability

CVE-2018-12257

4.4 MEDIUM Published 2018-06-12 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2018-06-12
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
4.4 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
2.1 LOW — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Weaknesses
CWE-295

Description

An issue was discovered on Momentum Axel 720P 5.1.8 devices. There is Authenticated Custom Firmware Upgrade via DNS Hijacking. An authenticated root user with CLI access is able to remotely upgrade firmware to a custom image due to lack of SSL validation by changing the nameservers in /etc/resolv.conf to the attacker's server, and serving the expected HTTPS response containing new firmware for the device to download.

Affected configurations

• apollotechnologiesinc momentum axel 720p firmware 5.1.8

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-295 Improper Certificate Validation weakness

References