CVE-2018-15555

CVSS V2 High 10 CVSS V3 Critical 9.8

Description

On Telus Actiontec WEB6000Q v1.1.02.22 devices, an attacker can login with root level access with the user "root" and password "admin" by using the enabled onboard UART headers.

Overview

CVE ID
CVE-2018-15555

Assigner
cve@mitre.org

Vulnerability Status
Modified

Published Version
2019-06-28T15:15:09

Last Modified Date
2020-08-24T17:37:01

Weakness Enumerations

CWE	URL
CWE-662	http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/662.html

CPE Configuration (Product)

CPE	Vulnerable	Operator	Version Start	Version End
		AND
cpe:2.3:o:actiontec:web6000q_firmware:1.1.02.22:::::::*	1	OR
cpe:2.3:h:actiontec:web6000q:-:::::::*	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
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Jun/1	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/153262/Telus-Actiontec-WEB6000Q-Privilege-Escalation.html	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry

Sources

Source Name	Source URL
NIST	https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-15555
MITRE	https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-15555

History

Created	Old Value	New Value	Data Type	Notes
2022-05-10 16:30:04				Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-03 22:35:52	2019-06-28T15:15Z	2019-06-28T15:15:09	CVE Published Date	updated
2022-12-03 22:35:52		2020-08-24T17:37:01	CVE Modified Date	updated
2022-12-03 22:35:52		Modified	Vulnerability Status	updated