CVE-2017-9479

CVSS V2 High 10 CVSS V3 Critical 9.8
Description
The Comcast firmware on Cisco DPC3939 (firmware version dpc3939-P20-18-v303r20421746-170221a-CMCST) devices allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands as root by leveraging local network access and connecting to the syseventd server, as demonstrated by copying configuration data into a readable filesystem.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2017-9479
  • Assigner
  • cve@mitre.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2017-07-31T03:29:00
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2019-10-03T00:03:26
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-732 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/732.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
AND
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:dpc3939_firmware:dpc3939-p20-18-v303r20421746-170221a-cmcst:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:h:cisco:dpc3939:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Integrity Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Availability Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Base Score
  • 10
  • Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 10
  • Impact Score
  • 10
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.0
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • NONE
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • HIGH
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 9.8
  • Base Severity
  • CRITICAL
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.9
  • Impact Score
  • 5.9
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://github.com/BastilleResearch/CableTap/blob/master/doc/advisories/bastille-22.syseventd.txt Exploit Third Party Advisory
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-9479
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-9479
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 17:29:55 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 19:11:54 2017-07-31T03:29Z 2017-07-31T03:29:00 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-02 19:11:54 2019-10-03T00:03:26 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-02 19:11:54 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated