Critical severity9.8NVD Advisory· Published Jul 31, 2017· Updated May 13, 2026
CVE-2017-9482
CVE-2017-9482
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.
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-25.atom-telnet.txtnvdExploitThird Party Advisory
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