CVE-2015-9266
Ubiquiti airOS HTTP(S) unauthenticated arbitrary file upload
- Published
- Sep 5, 2018
- Updated
- Aug 6, 2024
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Evidence observed
- Apr 15, 2016
Primary CVSS
nvd · CVSS 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:CHigh · next 30 days
- Percentile
- 99.5%
- Model date
- Oct 13, 2026
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Summary
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.
Sources
modules/exploits/linux/http/ubiquiti_airos_file_upload.rb
Metasploit Framework modulesDeclared conditions
- platform: Unix($.exploit_linux/http/ubiquiti_airos_file_upload.platform)
- verification: check_not_declared($.exploit_linux/http/ubiquiti_airos_file_upload.check)
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