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Medium severity6.7NVD Advisory· Published Aug 13, 2020· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2020-11733

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.

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Affected products

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  • Spirent/Avalanche2 versions
    cpe:2.3:a:spirent:avalanche:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
    • cpe:2.3:a:spirent:avalanche:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <=5.08
    • (no CPE)range: <=5.08
  • Spirent/TestCenter2 versions
    cpe:2.3:a:spirent:testcenter:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
    • cpe:2.3:a:spirent:testcenter:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <=5.08
    • (no CPE)range: <=5.08
  • Spirent/TestCenter and Avalanche appliance admin interface firmwaredescription

Patches

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