The Quantenna WiFi Controller on Telus Actiontec WEB6000Q v1.1.02.22 allows login with root level access with the user "root" and an empty password by using the enabled onboard UART headers.
References
Link Resource
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/153262/Telus-Actiontec-WEB6000Q-Privilege-Escalation.html Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Jun/1 Exploit Mailing List Third Party Advisory
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cve-icon MITRE Information

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2019-06-27T16:55:25

Updated: 2019-06-27T16:56:15

Reserved: 2018-08-19T00:00:00


Link: CVE-2018-15556

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cve-icon NVD Information

Status : Modified

Published: 2019-06-27T17:15:11.223

Modified: 2019-10-09T23:35:44.283


Link: CVE-2018-15556

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