CVE-2018-15555 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

On 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.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.01156.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

AND

cpe:2.3:o:actiontec:web6000q_firmware:1.1.02.22:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:h:actiontec:web6000q:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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No data.

Subscriptions

Vendors	Products
Actiontec Subscribe	Web6000q Subscribe Web6000q Firmware Subscribe

Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2018-7431	On 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.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/153262/Telus-Actiontec-WEB6000Q-Privilege-Escalation.html
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Jun/1

History

No history.

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2019-06-28T14:34:51.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-05T09:54:03.857Z

Reserved: 2018-08-19T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2018-15555

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2019-06-28T15:15:09.937

Modified: 2024-11-21T03:51:03.247

Link: CVE-2018-15555

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-662

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