CVE-2017-9497

CVSS V2 High 7.2 CVSS V3 Medium 6.8

Description

The Comcast firmware on Motorola MX011ANM (firmware version MX011AN_2.9p6s1_PROD_sey) devices allows physically proximate attackers to execute arbitrary commands as root by pulling up the diagnostics menu on the set-top box, and then posting to a Web Inspector route.

Overview

CVE ID
CVE-2017-9497

Assigner
cve@mitre.org

Vulnerability Status
Analyzed

Published Version
2017-07-31T03:29:00

Last Modified Date
2017-08-02T13:26:44

Weakness Enumerations

CWE	URL
CWE-20	http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/20.html

CPE Configuration (Product)

CPE	Vulnerable	Operator
		AND
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:mx011anm_firmware:mx011an_2.9p6s1_prod_sey:::::::*	1	OR
cpe:2.3:h:motorola:mx011anm:-:::::::*	0	OR

CVSS Version 2

Version
2.0

Vector String
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Access Vector
LOCAL

Access Compatibility
LOW

Authentication
NONE

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE

Integrity Impact
COMPLETE

Availability Impact
COMPLETE

Base Score
7.2

Severity
HIGH

Exploitability Score
3.9

Impact Score
10

CVSS Version 3

Version
3.0

Vector String
CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
PHYSICAL

Attack Compatibility
LOW

Privileges Required
NONE

User Interaction
NONE

Scope
UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact
HIGH

Availability Impact
HIGH

Base Score
6.8

Base Severity
MEDIUM

Exploitability Score
0.9

Impact Score
5.9

References

Reference URL	Reference Tags
https://github.com/BastilleResearch/CableTap/blob/master/doc/advisories/bastille-41.root-command-execution.txt	Third Party Advisory

Sources

Source Name	Source URL
NIST	https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-9497
MITRE	https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-9497

History

Created	Old Value	New Value	Data Type	Notes
2022-05-10 09:10:00				Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 19:12:47	2017-07-31T03:29Z	2017-07-31T03:29:00	CVE Published Date	updated
2022-12-02 19:12:47		2017-08-02T13:26:44	CVE Modified Date	updated
2022-12-02 19:12:47		Analyzed	Vulnerability Status	updated