CVE-2017-9482

The Comcast firmware on Cisco DPC3939 (firmware version dpc3939-P20-18-v303r20421746-170221a-CMCST) devices allows remote attackers to obtain root access to the Network Processor (NP) Linux system by enabling a TELNET daemon (through CVE-2017-9479 exploitation) and then establishing a TELNET session.

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

2.53% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 84th percentile

Published

2017-07-31

Updated

2024-08-05

Proof-of-concept exploits (1)

• BastilleResearch/CableTap/blob/master/doc/advisories/bastille-25.atom-telnet.txt

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry

Related

• CVE-2017-9476
• CVE-2017-9477
• CVE-2017-9478
• CVE-2017-9479
• CVE-2017-9480
• CVE-2017-9481