CVE-2023-40146

CVSS V2 None CVSS V3 None

Description

A privilege escalation vulnerability exists in the /bin/login functionality of Peplink Smart Reader v1.2.0 (in QEMU). A specially crafted command line argument can lead to a limited-shell escape and elevated capabilities. An attacker can authenticate with hard-coded credentials and execute unblocked default busybox functionality to trigger this vulnerability.

Overview

CVE ID
CVE-2023-40146

Assigner
talos

Vulnerability Status
PUBLISHED

Published Version
2024-04-17T12:55:47.083Z

Last Modified Date
2024-06-04T17:19:07.360Z

Weakness Enumerations

CWE	URL
CWE-77	http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/77.html

References

Reference URL	Reference Tags
https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2023-1868
https://forum.peplink.com/t/peplink-security-advisory-smart-reader-firmware-1-2-0-cve-2023-43491-cve-2023-45209-cve-2023-39367-cve-2023-45744-cve-2023-40146/47256

Sources

Source Name	Source URL
NIST	https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-40146
MITRE	https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-40146

History

Created	Old Value	New Value	Data Type	Notes
2024-06-25 02:20:28				Added to TrackCVE