CVEvulnerability

CVE-2021-31505

6.8 MEDIUM Published 2021-06-29 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2021-06-29
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
6.8 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
6.8 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
7.2 HIGH — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weaknesses
CWE-798

Description

This vulnerability allows attackers with physical access to escalate privileges on affected installations of Arlo Q Plus 1.9.0.3_278. Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the SSH service. The device can be booted into a special operation mode where hard-coded credentials are accepted for SSH authentication. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to escalate privileges and execute arbitrary code in the context of root. Was ZDI-CAN-12890.

Affected configurations

• arlo q plus firmware 1.9.0.3 278

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-798 Use of Hard-coded Credentials weakness

References