CVE intelligence and bounded remediation

CVE-2020-5636 — Aterm SA3500G firmware versions prior to Ver

Medium CVSS 6.8

Aterm SA3500G firmware versions prior to Ver. 3.5.9 allows an attacker with an administrative privilege to send a specially crafted request to a specific URL, which may result in an arbitrary command execution.

Severity
Medium
CVSS
6.8 (3.1)
Published
2020-12-14
CISA KEV
Not currently listed
Ecosystem
operating-system
Weaknesses
CWE-78

Affected products

  • necplatforms / aterm_sa3500g_firmware

Matched remediation archetype

Command, code, expression, and template injection

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Check exposure

  • Trace untrusted values to process execution, interpreters, evaluators, template engines, dynamic imports, and administrative scripting features.
  • Determine whether the affected path is reachable across each trust boundary and which service account or host privilege it inherits.
  • Review configuration for optional execution features, unsafe compatibility modes, and shell invocation.

Remediate safely

  • Replace string-built commands or evaluated code with fixed operations and structured argument APIs that do not invoke a shell.
  • Use strict allowlists for operation identifiers and reject unexpected input before it reaches any interpreter.
  • Update the affected component and add inert regression tests covering metacharacters, encoding variants, and alternate request paths.

Authoritative sources

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