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Avast Mac Security reports vulnerability on my Nighthawk R7000
Avast Mac Security reports my R7000 is vulnerable to hackers. It reports vulnerability ID CVE-2015-0932. I have tried to forward port 80 to an unused IP address and rebooted the router, but the probl...
Hi All,
We have confirmed with Avast regarding the error and it's a false positive information.
Avast is looking into it to fix it on their side.
I have the same issue -
User input can be executed as a command
The device is vulnerable to hacker attacks. For more info see the corresponding vulnerability ID. An upgrade of the device's software/firmware may fix the issue. Learn more.
Vulnerability ID:
I've upgraded the firmware and re-ran the scan - same thing.
Carol Y.
Did anyone get this issued handled? (Avast Mac Security reports vulnerability on my Nighthawk R7000)
I'm concerned I need to go buy a different router.
Thanks,
Carol Y
We do not have any update yet. Our engineers are still trying to replicate this.
Hi All,
We have confirmed with Avast regarding the error and it's a false positive information.
Avast is looking into it to fix it on their side.