CVE-2018-17879

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 21.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2023-10-26 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-78

Description

An issue was discovered on certain ABUS TVIP cameras. The CGI scripts allow remote attackers to execute code via system() as root. There are several injection points in various scripts.

Affected products

Abus Tvip 10000 Firmware: all versions
Abus Tvip 10001 Firmware: all versions
Abus Tvip 10005 Firmware: all versions
Abus Tvip 10005A Firmware: all versions
Abus Tvip 10005B Firmware: all versions
Abus Tvip 10050 Firmware: all versions
Abus Tvip 10051 Firmware: all versions
Abus Tvip 10055A Firmware: all versions
Abus Tvip 10055B Firmware: all versions
Abus Tvip 10500 Firmware: all versions
Abus Tvip 10550 Firmware: all versions
Abus Tvip 11000 Firmware: all versions
Abus Tvip 11050 Firmware: all versions
Abus Tvip 11500 Firmware: all versions
Abus Tvip 11501 Firmware: all versions
Abus Tvip 11502 Firmware: all versions
Abus Tvip 11550 Firmware: all versions
Abus Tvip 11551 Firmware: all versions
Abus Tvip 11552 Firmware: all versions
Abus Tvip 20000 Firmware: all versions
Abus Tvip 20050 Firmware: all versions
Abus Tvip 20500 Firmware: all versions
Abus Tvip 20550 Firmware: all versions
Abus Tvip 21000 Firmware: all versions
Abus Tvip 21050 Firmware: all versions
Abus Tvip 21500 Firmware: all versions
Abus Tvip 21501 Firmware: all versions
Abus Tvip 21502 Firmware: all versions
Abus Tvip 21550 Firmware: all versions
Abus Tvip 21551 Firmware: all versions

References

https://sec.maride.cc/posts/abus/#cve-2018-17879
https://www.ccc.de/en/updates/2019/update-nicht-verfugbar-hersteller-nicht-zu-erreichen
https://sec.maride.cc/posts/abus/#cve-2018-17879
https://www.ccc.de/en/updates/2019/update-nicht-verfugbar-hersteller-nicht-zu-erreichen

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