High severity7.5NVD Advisory· Published Jul 31, 2017· Updated May 13, 2026
CVE-2017-9481
CVE-2017-9481
Description
The Comcast firmware on Cisco DPC3939 (firmware version dpc3939-P20-18-v303r20421746-170221a-CMCST) devices allows remote attackers to obtain unintended access to the Network Processor (NP) 169.254/16 IP network by adding a routing-table entry that specifies the LAN IP address as the router for that network.
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-24.atom-ip-routing.txtnvdExploitThird Party Advisory
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