CVE-2017-9482

CWE-732 — Incorrect Permission Assignment3 documents3 sources
Severity
9.8CRITICAL
EPSS
2.1%
top 15.76%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
1
Cisco Dpc3939 Firmware
Timeline
PublishedJul 31
Latest updateMay 13

Description

The Comcast firmware on Cisco DPC3939 (firmware version dpc3939-P20-18-v303r20421746-170221a-CMCST) devices allows remote attackers to obtain root access to the Network Processor (NP) Linux system by enabling a TELNET daemon (through CVE-2017-9479 exploitation) and then establishing a TELNET session.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages1 packages

▶NVDcisco/dpc3939_firmwaredpc3939-p20-18-v303r20421746-170221a-cmcst

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-w646-qwwc-w64j: The Comcast firmware on Cisco DPC3939 (firmware version dpc3939-P20-18-v303r20421746-170221a-CMCST) devices allows remote attackers to obtain root acc↗2022-05-13
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CVEList
CVE-2017-9482: The Comcast firmware on Cisco DPC3939 (firmware version dpc3939-P20-18-v303r20421746-170221a-CMCST) devices allows remote attackers to obtain root acc↗2017-07-31
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CVE-2017-9482 (CRITICAL CVSS 9.8) | The Comcast firmware on Cisco DPC39 | cvebase.io