Actively exploited in the wild
Realtek AP-Router SDK Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Realtek - AP-Router SDK · Listed in the CISA KEV since 2021-11-03. This indicates confirmed attacks in production environments.
Required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.
CVE-2021-35395
CriticalCVSS 9.8KEVSummary
Realtek Jungle SDK versions v2.x through v3.4.14B includes an HTTP web server exposing a management interface (webs or boa) that is affected by multiple stack buffer overflows and arbitrary command execution flaws. The issues occur in functions such as formRebootCheck, formWsc, formWlanMultipleAP, formWlSiteSurvey, formStaticDHCP, and formSysCmd due to unsafe copying of parameters like submit-url, ifname, hostname, peerPin, and sysCmd. Successful exploitation allows remote attackers to achieve arbitrary code execution on the device.
Risk Assessment
The vulnerability allows remote, unauthenticated attackers to take control of the network device, potentially leading to full compromise, recruitment into a botnet, or lateral movement within the organization's network.
Recommendation
Update devices using the Realtek Jungle SDK to a version newer than v3.4.14B; if that is not possible, restrict access to the management interface to trusted networks only and disable unused web server features.
Other vulnerabilities in Realtek Jungle SDK
Original NVD description (English source)
Realtek Jungle SDK version v2.x up to v3.4.14B provides an HTTP web server exposing a management interface that can be used to configure the access point. Two versions of this management interface exists: one based on Go-Ahead named webs and another based on Boa named boa. Both of them are affected by these vulnerabilities. Specifically, these binaries are vulnerable to the following issues: - stack buffer overflow in formRebootCheck due to unsafe copy of submit-url parameter - stack buffer overflow in formWsc due to unsafe copy of submit-url parameter - stack buffer overflow in formWlanMultipleAP due to unsafe copy of submit-url parameter - stack buffer overflow in formWlSiteSurvey due to unsafe copy of ifname parameter - stack buffer overflow in formStaticDHCP due to unsafe copy of hostname parameter - stack buffer overflow in formWsc due to unsafe copy of 'peerPin' parameter - arbitrary command execution in formSysCmd via the sysCmd parameter - arbitrary command injection in formWsc via the 'peerPin' parameter Exploitability of identified issues will differ based on what the end vendor/manufacturer did with the Realtek SDK webserver. Some vendors use it as-is, others add their own authentication implementation, some kept all the features from the server, some remove some of them, some inserted their own set of features. However, given that Realtek SDK implementation is full of insecure calls and that developers tends to re-use those examples in their custom code, any binary based on Realtek SDK webserver will probably contains its own set of issues on top of the Realtek ones (if kept). Successful exploitation of these issues allows remote attackers to gain arbitrary code execution on the device.

