Critical severity9.8NVD Advisory· Published Jul 31, 2017· Updated May 13, 2026
CVE-2017-9479
CVE-2017-9479
Description
The Comcast firmware on Cisco DPC3939 (firmware version dpc3939-P20-18-v303r20421746-170221a-CMCST) devices allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands as root by leveraging local network access and connecting to the syseventd server, as demonstrated by copying configuration data into a readable filesystem.
Affected products
1- cpe:2.3:o:cisco:dpc3939_firmware:dpc3939-p20-18-v303r20421746-170221a-cmcst:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
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References
1- github.com/BastilleResearch/CableTap/blob/master/doc/advisories/bastille-22.syseventd.txtnvdExploitThird Party Advisory
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