CVEvulnerability
CVE-2020-11733
6.7 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2020-08-13
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 6.7 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/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-78
Description
An issue was discovered on Spirent TestCenter and Avalanche appliance admin interface firmware. An attacker, who already has access to an SSH restricted shell, can achieve root access via shell metacharacters. The attacker can then, for example, read sensitive files such as appliance admin configuration source code. This affects Spirent TestCenter and Avalanche products which chassis version <= 5.08. The SSH restricted shell is available with default credentials.
Affected configurations
• spirent avalanche (<= 5.08)
• spirent testcenter (<= 5.08)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-78 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command weakness
References
- https://gist.github.com/a05110511t/65d07bc776d7c11b4ccf112a09cca4ab Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/a05110511t/CVE/blob/master/CVE-2020-11733.md Third Party Advisory
- https://gist.github.com/a05110511t/65d07bc776d7c11b4ccf112a09cca4ab Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/a05110511t/CVE/blob/master/CVE-2020-11733.md Third Party Advisory