CVE-2020-11733
Description
An issue was discovered on Spirent TestCenter and Avalanche appliance admin interface firmware. An attacker, who already has access to an SSH restricted shell, can achieve root access via shell metacharacters. The attacker can then, for example, read sensitive files such as appliance admin configuration source code. This affects Spirent TestCenter and Avalanche products which chassis version <= 5.08. The SSH restricted shell is available with default credentials.
AI Insight
LLM-synthesized narrative grounded in this CVE's description and references.
Affected products
3- Spirent/TestCenter and Avalanche appliance admin interface firmwaredescription
- Range: <=5.08
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
No source-code context for this CVE — mechanics is only generated when we can read the actual fix diff. Without that, the four sections (root cause, attack vector, affected code, fix) would be speculation rather than analysis.
References
2- gist.github.com/a05110511t/65d07bc776d7c11b4ccf112a09cca4abmitrex_refsource_MISC
- github.com/a05110511t/CVE/blob/master/CVE-2020-11733.mdmitrex_refsource_MISC
News mentions
0No linked articles in our index yet.