Vulnerability record

CVE-2018-14839

LG N1A1 NAS Remote Command Execution Vulnerability

Severity: CriticalExploitation: Exploitation confirmedCISA KEV
What should I do?

This vulnerability is in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog: attackers are using it. If you run N1A1 NAS, fix it now.

CISA required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.

US federal civilian agencies must remediate by Apr 15, 2022.

Patch status

No official fix confirmed yet

Until a fix ships, follow the vendor's mitigations and CISA's required action, limit exposure of affected systems, and watch this record for a patch.

Description

LG N1A1 NAS 3718.510 is affected by: Remote Command Execution. The impact is: execute arbitrary code (remote). The attack vector is: HTTP POST with parameters.

Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database. Official vulnerability data, reproduced as published.

Affected products

Products affected by this vulnerability, with versions and the source of each entry
ProductVendorSource
N1A1 NASLGKEV

Sources: KEV = CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. Version details have not been published yet.

Intelligence timeline

Developments from the last 30 days, newest first.

  1. CVSS scoredUpdateKEV

    CVE-2018-14839 scored CVSS 9.8: LG N1A1 NAS, LG N1A1 NAS Remote Command Execution Vulnerability

    CISA lists this as exploited in the wild. Unpatched N1A1 NAS systems are exposed to active attacks now.

    Basis: NIST National Vulnerability Database

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Coverage

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References

  • nvd.nist.gov https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-14839
  • medium.com https://medium.com/%400x616163/lg-n1a1-unauthenticated-remote-command-injection-cve-2018-14839-9d2cf760e247
  • cisa.gov https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2018-14839