CVE-2018-15556

The Quantenna WiFi Controller on Telus Actiontec WEB6000Q v1.1.02.22 allows login with root level access with the user "root" and an empty password by using the enabled onboard UART headers.

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

3.26% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 88th percentile

Published

2019-06-27

Updated

2024-08-05

Proof-of-concept exploits (2)

• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/153262/Telus-Actiontec-WEB6000Q-Privilege-Escalation…
• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Jun/1

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry

Related

• CVE-2018-15536
• CVE-2018-15557
• CVE-2018-15535
• CVE-2018-15560
• CVE-2018-15534
• CVE-2018-15562