Medium severity5.5NVD Advisory· Published Jul 31, 2017· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2017-9480
CVE-2017-9480
Description
The Comcast firmware on Cisco DPC3939 (firmware version dpc3939-P20-18-v303r20421746-170221a-CMCST) devices allows local users (e.g., users who have command access as a consequence of CVE-2017-9479 exploitation) to read arbitrary files via UPnP access to /var/IGD/.
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Affected products
1- cpe:2.3:o:cisco:dpc3939_firmware:dpc3939-p20-18-v303r20421746-170221a-cmcst:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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References
1- github.com/BastilleResearch/CableTap/blob/master/doc/advisories/bastille-23.upnp-directory-write.txtnvdExploitThird Party Advisory
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