CVE-2020-11733

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Summary

CVECVE-2020-11733
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2020-08-13 14:15:00 UTC
Updated2021-07-21 11:39:00 UTC
DescriptionAn issue was discovered on Spirent TestCenter and Avalanche appliance admin interface firmware. An attacker, who already has access to an SSH restricted shell, can achieve root access via shell metacharacters. The attacker can then, for example, read sensitive files such as appliance admin configuration source code. This affects Spirent TestCenter and Avalanche products which chassis version <= 5.08. The SSH restricted shell is available with default credentials.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-78

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Spirent Avalanche All All All All
Hardware Spirent C100-mp - All All All
Hardware Spirent C100-mp - All All All
Application Spirent Testcenter All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Spirent TestCenter and Avalanche Products Privilege Escalation · GitHub MISC gist.github.com Third Party Advisory
CVE/CVE-2020-11733.md at master · a05110511t/CVE · GitHub MISC github.com Third Party Advisory
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