CVE-2023-40146 - OpenCVE

A privilege escalation vulnerability exists in the /bin/login functionality of Peplink Smart Reader v1.2.0 (in QEMU). A specially crafted command line argument can lead to a limited-shell escape and elevated capabilities. An attacker can authenticate with hard-coded credentials and execute unblocked default busybox functionality to trigger this vulnerability.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Physical

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

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References

Link	Providers
https://forum.peplink.com/t/peplink-security-advisory-smart-reader-firmware-1-2-0-cve-2023-43491-cve-2023-45209-cve-2023-39367-cve-2023-45744-cve-2023-40146/47256
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240822-0008/
https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2023-1868

History

Thu, 22 Aug 2024 19:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References		https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240822-0008/

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: talos

Published: 2024-04-17T12:55:47.083Z

Updated: 2024-08-22T18:03:10.122Z

Reserved: 2023-11-22T15:53:45.393Z

Link: CVE-2023-40146

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-22T18:03:10.122Z

NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2024-04-17T13:15:07.143

Modified: 2024-04-17T17:15:12.513

Link: CVE-2023-40146

Redhat

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