CVEvulnerability
CVE-2018-5796
7.2 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2018-02-05
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 7.2 HIGH — CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 9.0 HIGH — AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-119
Description
An issue was discovered in Extreme Networks ExtremeWireless WiNG 5.x before 5.8.6.9 and 5.9.x before 5.9.1.3. There is a Hidden Root Shell by entering the administrator password in conjunction with the 'service start-shell' CLI command.
Affected configurations
• extremewireless wing (>= 5.0 < 5.8.6.9)
• extremewireless wing (>= 5.9.0 < 5.9.1.3)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer weakness
References
- https://gtacknowledge.extremenetworks.com/articles/Vulnerability_Notice/VN-2018-003 Mitigation, Vendor Advisory
- https://gtacknowledge.extremenetworks.com/articles/Vulnerability_Notice/VN-2018-003 Mitigation, Vendor Advisory