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High · 8.8 Public exploit CVE-2023-38120 EUVD-2023-41946GHSA-hqqq-wpr7-6m7c

Adtran SR400ac ping Command Injection Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Published May 3, 2024 · Updated Sep 18, 2024 · Assigned by zdi

Vendor: Adtran Product: SR400ac

Description

Adtran SR400ac ping Command Injection Remote Code Execution Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of Adtran SR400ac routers. Although authentication is required to exploit this vulnerability, the existing authentication mechanism can be bypassed.

The specific flaw exists within the ping command, which is available over JSON-RPC. A crafted host parameter can trigger execution of a system call composed from a user-supplied string. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of root.
. Was ZDI-CAN-20525.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Adtran SR400ac 10.8.8.1 & 10.8.5.1 —

Public exploits

Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.

Third-party code, not reviewed by us. Public PoCs are sometimes fake or contain malware. Read the code first and run it only in an isolated lab, against systems you are authorised to test.

GitHub 1 repository

  • warber0x/CVE-2023-38120 ★ 3 · Oct 19, 2023

    Adtran SR400ac ping Command Injection Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.

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