CVE-2017-9483

9.8CRITICAL

Key Information:

Vendor
Cisco
Status
Dpc3939 Firmware
Vendor
CVE Published:
31 July 2017

Summary

The Comcast firmware on Cisco DPC3939 (firmware version dpc3939-P20-18-v303r20421746-170221a-CMCST) devices allows Network Processor (NP) Linux users to obtain root access to the Application Processor (AP) Linux system via shell metacharacters in commands.

References

https://github.com/BastilleResearch/CableTap/blob/master/...
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EPSS Score

12% chance of being exploited in the next 30 days.

CVSS V3.1

Score:
9.8
Severity:
CRITICAL
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
High
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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