CVE-2017-14115

CVSS V2 High 9.3 CVSS V3 High 8.1
Description
The AT&T U-verse 9.2.2h0d83 firmware for the Arris NVG589 and NVG599 devices, when IP Passthrough mode is not used, configures ssh-permanent-enable WAN SSH logins to the remotessh account with the 5SaP9I26 password, which allows remote attackers to access a "Terminal shell v1.0" service, and subsequently obtain unrestricted root privileges, by establishing an SSH session and then entering certain shell metacharacters and BusyBox commands.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2017-14115
  • Assigner
  • cve@mitre.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2017-09-03T19:29:00
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2021-08-23T17:24:49
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-798 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/798.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
AND
cpe:2.3:o:att:u-verse_firmware:9.2.2h0d83:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:h:commscope:arris_nvg589:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
cpe:2.3:h:commscope:arris_nvg599:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • MEDIUM
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Integrity Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Availability Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Base Score
  • 9.3
  • Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 8.6
  • Impact Score
  • 10
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.0
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Attack Compatibility
  • HIGH
  • Privileges Required
  • NONE
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • HIGH
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 8.1
  • Base Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 2.2
  • Impact Score
  • 5.9
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://www.nomotion.net/blog/sharknatto/ Exploit Mitigation Technical Description Third Party Advisory
https://threatpost.com/bugs-in-arris-modems-distributed-by-att-vulnerable-to-trivial-attacks/127753/ Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100585 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-14115
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-14115
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 06:56:24 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 20:34:06 2017-09-03T19:29Z 2017-09-03T19:29:00 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-02 20:34:06 2021-08-23T17:24:49 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-02 20:34:06 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated