Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Jun 27, 2019· Updated Aug 5, 2024
CVE-2018-15557
CVE-2018-15557
Description
An issue was discovered in the Quantenna WiFi Controller on Telus Actiontec WEB6000Q v1.1.02.22 devices. An attacker can statically set his/her IP to anything on the 169.254.1.0/24 subnet, and obtain root access by connecting to 169.254.1.2 port 23 with telnet/netcat.
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Affected products
3- Actiontec/WEB6000Qdescription
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
2- packetstormsecurity.com/files/153262/Telus-Actiontec-WEB6000Q-Privilege-Escalation.htmlmitrex_refsource_MISC
- seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Jun/2mitremailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISC
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