CVE-2015-9266

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.

CVSS v3.0

9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v3.0

9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v2.0

10.0 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

EPSS

74.00% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 99th percentile

Published

2018-09-05

Updated

2024-08-06

Proof-of-concept exploits (2)

• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39853/
• https://www.rapid7.com/db/modules/exploit/linux/ssh/ubiquiti_airos_file_upload

Metasploit modules (1)

• rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/exploits/linux/http/ubiquiti_airos_file_u…

ExploitDB entries (1)

• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39701

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry

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