CVE-2014-9583

Severity: critical (CVSS 10.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 80.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2015-01-08 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-264

Description

common.c in infosvr in ASUS WRT firmware 3.0.0.4.376_1071, 3.0.0.376.2524-g0013f52, and other versions, as used in RT-AC66U, RT-N66U, and other routers, does not properly check the MAC address for a request, which allows remote attackers to bypass authentication and execute arbitrary commands via a NET_CMD_ID_MANU_CMD packet to UDP port 9999. NOTE: this issue was incorrectly mapped to CVE-2014-10000, but that ID is invalid due to its use as an example of the 2014 CVE ID syntax change.

Affected products

ASUS Wrt Firmware: 3.0.0.4.376.2524-g0012f52, 3.0.0.4.376_1071
T-Mobile Tm-Ac1900: 3.0.0.4.376_3169

References

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/129815/ASUSWRT-3.0.0.4.376_1071-LAN-Backdoor-Command-Execution.html
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/35688
https://github.com/jduck/asus-cmd
https://support.t-mobile.com/docs/DOC-21994
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44524/
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/129815/ASUSWRT-3.0.0.4.376_1071-LAN-Backdoor-Command-Execution.html
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/35688
https://github.com/jduck/asus-cmd
https://support.t-mobile.com/docs/DOC-21994
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44524/

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