CVE-2017-14116

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Summary

CVECVE-2017-14116
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-09-03 19:29:00 UTC
Updated2017-09-13 13:25:00 UTC
DescriptionThe AT&T U-verse 9.2.2h0d83 firmware for the Arris NVG599 device, when IP Passthrough mode is not used, configures WAN access to a caserver https service with the tech account and an empty password, which allows remote attackers to obtain root privileges by establishing a session on port 49955 and then installing new software, such as BusyBox with "nc -l" support.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-798

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Hardware Arris Nvg599 - All All All
Hardware Arris Nvg599 - All All All
Operating System Att U-verse Firmware 9.2.2h0d83 All All All
Operating System Att U-verse Firmware 9.2.2h0d83 All All All
Hardware Commscope Arris Nvg599 - All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
AT&T U-verse Arris Modems Multiple Security Vulnerabilities BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
SharknAT&To - Nomotion Blog MISC www.nomotion.net Exploit, Mitigation, Technical Description, Third Party Advisory
Bugs in Arris Modems Distributed by AT&T Vulnerable to Trivial Attacks | Threatpost | The first stop for security news MISC threatpost.com Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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