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CVE-2018-15557

Published: Jun 27, 2019

Modified: Aug 5, 2024

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Description

An issue was discovered in the Quantenna WiFi Controller on Telus Actiontec WEB6000Q v1.1.02.22 devices. An attacker can statically set his/her IP to anything on the 169.254.1.0/24 subnet, and obtain root access by connecting to 169.254.1.2 port 23 with telnet/netcat.

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

References

20190611 [CVE-2018-15557] Telus Actiontec WEB6000Q Remote Privilege Escalation

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http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/153262/Telus-Actiontec-WEB6000Q-Privilege-Escalation.html

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20190609 [CVE-2018-15557] Telus Actiontec WEB6000Q Remote Privilege Escalation

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