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CVE-2018-15557

Telus Actiontec WEB6000Q Privilege Escalation

Severity Score

8.8
*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

1
*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

-
*KEV

Decision

-
*SSVC
Descriptions

An issue was discovered in the Quantenna WiFi Controller on Telus Actiontec WEB6000Q v1.1.02.22 devices. An attacker can statically set his/her IP to anything on the 169.254.1.0/24 subnet, and obtain root access by connecting to 169.254.1.2 port 23 with telnet/netcat.

Se descubrió un problema en el controlador WiFi Quantenna en dispositivos Telus Actiontec WEB6000Q v1.1.02.22. Un atacante puede establecer su IP de forma estática a cualquier cosa en la subred 169.254.1.0/24 y obtener acceso al root conectándose al puerto 23.2 de 169.254.1.2 con telnet / netcat.

Telus Actiontec WEB6000Q with firmware 1.1.02.22 suffers from both local and remote privilege escalation vulnerabilities.

*Credits: N/A
CVSS Scores
Attack Vector
Adjacent
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
  • 2018-08-19 CVE Reserved
  • 2019-06-12 CVE Published
  • 2024-07-25 EPSS Updated
  • 2024-08-05 CVE Updated
  • 2024-08-05 First Exploit
  • ---------- Exploited in Wild
  • ---------- KEV Due Date
CWE
  • CWE-269: Improper Privilege Management
CAPEC
Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
Vendor Product Version Other Status
Vendor Product Version Other Status <-- --> Vendor Product Version Other Status
Actiontec
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Web6000q Firmware
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1.1.02.22
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Affected
in Actiontec
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Web6000q
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