CVE-2017-14115

The AT&T U-verse 9.2.2h0d83 firmware for the Arris NVG589 and NVG599 devices, when IP Passthrough mode is not used, configures ssh-permanent-enable WAN SSH logins to the remotessh account with the 5SaP9I26 password, which allows remote attackers to access a "Terminal shell v1.0" service, and subsequently obtain unrestricted root privileges, by establishing an SSH session and then entering certain shell metacharacters and BusyBox commands.

Score

CVSS 3.0 8.1 High

Status

Modified - cve@mitre.org

Published

2017-09-03

Last modified

2024-08-05

Weaknesses

CWE-798

Affected products

• U-verse Firmware (Att)

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100585
• https://threatpost.com/bugs-in-arris-modems-distributed-by-att-vulnerable-to-trivial-attacks/127753/
• https://www.nomotion.net/blog/sharknatto/