Unscored CVE-2018-15557 EUVD-2018-7433GHSA-cr8p-pv2x-8ph2

An issue was discovered in the Quantenna WiFi Controller on Telus Actiontec WEB6000Q v1.1.02.22 devices. An attacker can statically set his…

Published Jun 27, 2019 · Updated Aug 5, 2024 · Assigned by mitre

Description

An issue was discovered in the Quantenna WiFi Controller on Telus Actiontec WEB6000Q v1.1.02.22 devices. An attacker can statically set his/her IP to anything on the 169.254.1.0/24 subnet, and obtain root access by connecting to 169.254.1.2 port 23 with telnet/netcat.

References

20190611 [CVE-2018-15557] Telus Actiontec WEB6000Q Remote Privilege Escalation mailing-list
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/153262/Telus-Actiontec-WEB6000Q-Privilege-Escalation.html