The Comcast firmware on Cisco DPC3939 (firmware version dpc3939-P20-18-v303r20421746-170221a-CMCST) devices allows Network Processor (NP) Linux users to obtain root access to the Application Processor (AP) Linux system via shell metacharacters in commands.
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2017-18415 The Comcast firmware on Cisco DPC3939 (firmware version dpc3939-P20-18-v303r20421746-170221a-CMCST) devices allows Network Processor (NP) Linux users to obtain root access to the Application Processor (AP) Linux system via shell metacharacters in commands.
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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-05T17:11:01.578Z

Reserved: 2017-06-07T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2017-9483

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2017-07-31T03:29:00.473

Modified: 2025-04-20T01:37:25.860

Link: CVE-2017-9483

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