CVE-2017-9482

Severity Score

9.8

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

The Comcast firmware on Cisco DPC3939 (firmware version dpc3939-P20-18-v303r20421746-170221a-CMCST) devices allows remote attackers to obtain root access to the Network Processor (NP) Linux system by enabling a TELNET daemon (through CVE-2017-9479 exploitation) and then establishing a TELNET session.

El firmware Comcast en los dispositivos Cisco DPC3939 (versión de firmware dpc3939-P20-18-v303r20421746-170221a-CMCST), permite a los atacantes remotos obtener acceso root al sistema Linux del Procesador de Red (NP) mediante la habilitación de un demonio TELNET (a través de la explotación del CVE-2017-9479) y luego estableciendo una sesión TELNET.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Complete

Integrity

Complete

Availability

Complete

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2017-06-07 CVE Reserved
2017-07-31 CVE Published
2023-03-07 EPSS Updated
2024-08-05 CVE Updated
2024-08-05 First Exploit
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CWE-732: Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource

CAPEC

References (1)

URL	Tag	Source

URL	Date	SRC
https://github.com/BastilleResearch/CableTap/blob/master/doc/advisories/bastille-25.atom-telnet.txt	2024-08-05

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Cisco Search vendor "Cisco"	Dpc3939 Firmware Search vendor "Cisco" for product "Dpc3939 Firmware"	dpc3939-p20-18-v303r20421746-170221a-cmcst Search vendor "Cisco" for product "Dpc3939 Firmware" and version "dpc3939-p20-18-v303r20421746-170221a-cmcst"	-	Affected	in	Cisco Search vendor "Cisco"	Dpc3939 Search vendor "Cisco" for product "Dpc3939"	-	-	Safe