Actively exploited vulnerability
Reolink RLC-410W IP Camera: code execution flaw under attack
CVE-2021-40407 · Reolink RLC-410W IP Camera OS Command Injection Vulnerability
What is affected
Reolink RLC-410W IP Camera is the kind of equipment many homes and small offices run for years without touching: a router, camera or storage box. Attackers scan the internet for exposed units, and a hijacked one can spy on traffic or be enrolled in a botnet without any visible sign.
Reolink RLC-410W IP cameras contain an authenticated OS command injection vulnerability in the device network settings functionality.
What an attacker can do
This is a code execution flaw. It lets an attacker run their own commands or programs on the affected system. In practice that usually means taking it over: installing malware, stealing data or using it to reach other devices on the same network.
- How it is reached
- Over the internet or network
- Access the attacker needs
- An administrator account
- Does the victim have to do something?
- No, works without the victim doing anything
What to do
- Check whether you own this device: look at the label on your router, camera or NAS, or open its admin page and note the model and firmware version.
- Install the latest firmware from the manufacturer's support page or the device's own update menu.
- If the manufacturer no longer releases updates for the model, replace it. An end-of-life device with an exploited flaw cannot be made safe.
- Turn off remote administration from the internet unless you truly need it, and change the default admin password.
The impacted product could be end-of-life (EoL) and/or end-of-service (EoS). Users should discontinue product utilization if a current mitigation is unavailable.
Vendor advisories and fixes
- reolink.comreolink.com/product-eol/
- reolink.comreolink.com/download-center/
How urgent is it
CISA added this vulnerability to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalogue on December 18, 2024, which means there is reliable evidence of attacks in the wild. US federal agencies must fix it by January 8, 2025, a deadline that has already passed. That deadline does not bind anyone else, but it shows how seriously the agency rates it.
The EPSS model estimates a 48% probability that this flaw will be exploited somewhere in the next 30 days. That is higher than 99% of all scored vulnerabilities.
Its CVSS severity score is 7.2 out of 10 (high), as recorded in the US National Vulnerability Database.
Technical description
An OS command injection vulnerability exists in the device network settings functionality of reolink RLC-410W v3.0.0.136_20121102. At [1] or [2], based on DDNS type, the ddns->domain variable, that has the value of the domain parameter provided through the SetDdns API, is not validated properly. This would lead to an OS command injection. An attacker can send an HTTP request to trigger this vulnerability.