CVEvulnerability
CVE-2018-15555
9.8 CRITICAL
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2019-06-28
- 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-662
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.
Affected configurations
• actiontec web6000q firmware 1.1.02.22
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-662 Improper Synchronization weakness
References
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/153262/Telus-Actiontec-WEB6000Q-Privilege-Escalation.html Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- 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
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Jun/1 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory