CVE-2017-9479

The Comcast firmware on Cisco DPC3939 (firmware version dpc3939-P20-18-v303r20421746-170221a-CMCST) devices allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands as root by leveraging local network access and connecting to the syseventd server, as demonstrated by copying configuration data into a readable filesystem.

CVSS v3.0

9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v2.0

10.0 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

EPSS

3.28% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 88th percentile

Published

2017-07-31

Updated

2024-08-05

Proof-of-concept exploits (1)

• BastilleResearch/CableTap/blob/master/doc/advisories/bastille-22.syseventd.txt

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry

Related

• CVE-2017-9476
• CVE-2017-9477
• CVE-2017-9478
• CVE-2017-9480
• CVE-2017-9481
• CVE-2017-9482