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CVE-2017-14116

Published: Sep 3, 2017

Modified: Aug 5, 2024

PUBLISHED

Description

The AT&T U-verse 9.2.2h0d83 firmware for the Arris NVG599 device, when IP Passthrough mode is not used, configures WAN access to a caserver https service with the tech account and an empty password, which allows remote attackers to obtain root privileges by establishing a session on port 49955 and then installing new software, such as BusyBox with "nc -l" support.

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	affected `n/a`

References

https://threatpost.com/bugs-in-arris-modems-distributed-by-att-vulnerable-to-trivial-attacks/127753/

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vdb-entry

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https://www.nomotion.net/blog/sharknatto/

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