CVE-2018-15556

CVSS V2 High 10 CVSS V3 Critical 9.8
Description
The Quantenna WiFi Controller on Telus Actiontec WEB6000Q v1.1.02.22 allows login with root level access with the user "root" and an empty password by using the enabled onboard UART headers.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2018-15556
  • Assigner
  • cve@mitre.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Modified
  • Published Version
  • 2019-06-27T17:15:11
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2019-10-09T23:35:44
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-287 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/287.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 Exploit Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/153262/Telus-Actiontec-WEB6000Q-Privilege-Escalation.html Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-15556
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-15556
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 17:06:08 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-03 22:31:14 2019-06-27T17:15Z 2019-06-27T17:15:11 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-03 22:31:14 2019-10-09T23:35:44 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-03 22:31:14 Modified Vulnerability Status updated