CVE-2018-15555

Summary

CVECVE-2018-15555
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2019-06-28 15:15:00 UTC
Updated2020-08-24 17:37:00 UTC
DescriptionOn Telus Actiontec WEB6000Q v1.1.02.22 devices, an attacker can login with root level access with the user "root" and password "admin" by using the enabled onboard UART headers.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-662

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Hardware Actiontec Web6000q - All All All
Hardware Actiontec Web6000q - All All All
Operating System Actiontec Web6000q Firmware 1.1.02.22 All All All
Operating System Actiontec Web6000q Firmware 1.1.02.22 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Telus Actiontec WEB6000Q Privilege Escalation ≈ Packet Storm MISC packetstormsecurity.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Full Disclosure: [CVE-2018-15555 / 15556] Telus Actiontec WEB6000Q Local Privilege Escalation FULLDISC seclists.org Mailing List, 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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