{"id":26486,"date":"2019-03-28T19:40:29","date_gmt":"2019-03-28T19:40:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.threatshub.org\/blog\/tp-link-smart-router-proves-to-be-anything-but-smart-just-like-its-maker-zero-day-vuln-dropped-after-silence\/"},"modified":"2019-03-28T19:40:29","modified_gmt":"2019-03-28T19:40:29","slug":"tp-link-smart-router-proves-to-be-anything-but-smart-just-like-its-maker-zero-day-vuln-dropped-after-silence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.threatshub.org\/blog\/tp-link-smart-router-proves-to-be-anything-but-smart-just-like-its-maker-zero-day-vuln-dropped-after-silence\/","title":{"rendered":"TP-Link &#8216;smart&#8217; router proves to be anything but smart \u2013 just like its maker: Zero-day vuln dropped after silence"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>TP-Link&#8217;s all-in-one SR20 Smart Home Router allows arbitrary command execution from a local network connection, according to a Google security researcher.<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday, 90 days after he informed TP-Link of the issue and received no response, Matthew Garrett, a well-known Google security engineer and open-source contributor, disclosed a proof-of-concept exploit to demonstrate a vulnerability affecting TP-Link&#8217;s router.<\/p>\n<p>The <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/pastebin.com\/GAzccR95\">38-line script<\/a> shows that you can execute any command you choose on the device with root privileges, without authentication. The SR20 was <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tp-link.com\/us\/press\/news\/16334\/\">announced<\/a> in 2016.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mjg59\/status\/1111106885736787975\">Via Twitter<\/a>, Garrett explained that TP-Link hardware often incorporates TDDP, the TP-Link Device Debug Protocol, which has had <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.coresecurity.com\/advisories\/tp-link-tddp-multiple-vulnerabilities\">multiple vulnerabilities<\/a> in the past. Among them, version 1 did not require a password.<\/p>\n<div class=\"promo_article\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/regmedia.co.uk\/2018\/10\/15\/shutterstock_huawei_office.jpg?x=174&amp;y=115&amp;crop=1\" width=\"174\" height=\"115\" alt=\"huawei offices in vilnius, lithuania\"><\/p>\n<h2 title=\"ISP alerted biz to UPnP flaw in 2013. Years later, same flaw kept cropping up\">Huawei&#8217;s half-arsed router patching left kit open to botnets<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theregister.co.uk\/2019\/03\/28\/huawei_mirai_router_vulnerability\/\"><span>READ MORE<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;The SR20 still exposes some version 1 commands, one of which (command 0x1f, request 0x01) appears to be for some sort of configuration validation,&#8221; he said. &#8220;You send it a filename, a semicolon and then an argument.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Once it receives the command, says Garrett, the router responds to the requesting machine via TFTP, asks for the filename, imports it to a Lua interpreter, running as root, and sends the argument to the <code>config_test()<\/code> function within the imported file.<\/p>\n<p>The Lua <code>os.execute()<\/code> method passes a command to be executed by an operating system shell. And since the interpreter is running as root, Garret explains, you have arbitrary command execution.<\/p>\n<p>However, while TDDP listens on all interfaces, the default firewall prevents network access, says Garrett. This makes the issue less of a concern that <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theregister.co.uk\/2018\/11\/20\/talos_tp_link_disclosure\/\">remote code execution flaws<\/a> identified in TP-Link 1GbE VPN routers in November.<\/p>\n<p>Even so, vulnerability to a local attack could be exploited if an attacker manages to get a malicious download onto a machine connected to an SR20 router.<\/p>\n<p>TP-Link did not immediately respond to a request for comment.<\/p>\n<p>Garrett concluded his disclosure by urging TP-Link to provide a way to report security flaws and not to ship debug daemons on production firmware. \u00ae<\/p>\n<p class=\"wptl btm\"><span>Sponsored:<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/go.theregister.co.uk\/tl\/1810\/-7144\/getting-more-from-less?td=wptl1810\">Getting More From Less<\/a><\/p>\n<p>READ MORE <a href=\"http:\/\/go.theregister.com\/feed\/www.theregister.co.uk\/2019\/03\/28\/tplink_router_flaw\/\">HERE<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Google security engineer emits SR20 PoC exploit after manufacturer fails to respond TP-Link&#8217;s all-in-one SR20 Smart Home Router allows arbitrary command execution from a local network connection, according to a Google security researcher.\u2026 READ MORE HERE&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":26487,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"colormag_page_layout":"default_layout","footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26486","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-register"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>TP-Link &#039;smart&#039; router 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