CVE Catalog

CVE-2017-14115

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

The AT&T U-verse 9.2.2h0d83 firmware for the Arris NVG589 and NVG599 devices, when IP Passthrough mode is not used, configures WAN SSH logins to the remotessh account with the 5SaP9I26 password. This allows remote attackers to access a 'Terminal shell v1.0' service and subsequently obtain unrestricted root privileges.

Risk Assessment

Attackers can gain full access to the system, posing a serious threat to the organization's security and its data.

Recommendation

It is recommended to disable SSH access to the remotessh account and change the default password, as well as consider enabling IP Passthrough mode.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

The AT&T U-verse 9.2.2h0d83 firmware for the Arris NVG589 and NVG599 devices, when IP Passthrough mode is not used, configures ssh-permanent-enable WAN SSH logins to the remotessh account with the 5SaP9I26 password, which allows remote attackers to access a "Terminal shell v1.0" service, and subsequently obtain unrestricted root privileges, by establishing an SSH session and then entering certain shell metacharacters and BusyBox commands.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS