CVEvulnerability
CVE-2017-9483
9.8 CRITICAL
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2017-07-31
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 9.8 CRITICAL — CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 10.0 HIGH — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-78
Description
The Comcast firmware on Cisco DPC3939 (firmware version dpc3939-P20-18-v303r20421746-170221a-CMCST) devices allows Network Processor (NP) Linux users to obtain root access to the Application Processor (AP) Linux system via shell metacharacters in commands.
Affected configurations
• cisco dpc3939 firmware dpc3939-p20-18-v303r20421746-170221a-cmcst
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-78 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command weakness
References
- https://github.com/BastilleResearch/CableTap/blob/master/doc/advisories/bastille-26.arbitrary-command-execution.txt Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/BastilleResearch/CableTap/blob/master/doc/advisories/bastille-26.arbitrary-command-execution.txt Exploit, Third Party Advisory