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.
References
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http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/153262/Telus-Actiontec-WEB6000Q-Privilege-Escalation.html | Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry |
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Jun/2 | Mailing List Third Party Advisory |
History
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MITRE Information
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: 2019-06-27T16:52:48
Updated: 2019-06-27T16:53:49
Reserved: 2018-08-19T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2018-15557
JSON object: View
NVD Information
Status : Modified
Published: 2019-06-27T17:15:11.270
Modified: 2020-08-24T17:37:01.140
Link: CVE-2018-15557
JSON object: View
Redhat Information
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CWE