CVE-2017-17743

Improper input sanitization within the restricted administration shell on UCOPIA Wireless Appliance devices before 4.4.20, 5.0.x before 5.0.19, and 5.1.x before 5.1.11 allows authenticated remote attackers to escape the shell and escalate their privileges by uploading a .bashrc file containing the /bin/sh string. In some situations, authentication can be achieved via the bhu85tgb default password for the admin account.

Score

CVSS 3.0 6.7 Medium

Status

Modified - cve@mitre.org

Published

2018-03-22

Last modified

2024-08-05

Weaknesses

CWE-287

Affected products

• Wireless Appliance Firmware (Ucopia)

References

• https://securite.intrinsec.com/2018/03/19/cve-2017-17743-ucopia-shell-escape/