6.7
MEDIUM
CVE-2017-17743
UCOPIA Wireless Appliance Escalation of Privilege Vulnerability
Description

Improper input sanitization within the restricted administration shell on UCOPIA Wireless Appliance devices before 4.4.20, 5.0.x before 5.0.19, and 5.1.x before 5.1.11 allows authenticated remote attackers to escape the shell and escalate their privileges by uploading a .bashrc file containing the /bin/sh string. In some situations, authentication can be achieved via the bhu85tgb default password for the admin account.

INFO

Published Date :

March 22, 2018, 5:29 a.m.

Last Modified :

April 18, 2018, 4:11 p.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

No

Impact Score :

5.9

Exploitability Score :

0.8
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2017-17743 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Ucopia wireless_appliance_firmware
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL Resource
https://securite.intrinsec.com/2018/03/19/cve-2017-17743-ucopia-shell-escape/ Exploit Third Party Advisory

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The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2017-17743 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Apr. 18, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P)
    Added CVSS V3 AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://securite.intrinsec.com/2018/03/19/cve-2017-17743-ucopia-shell-escape/ No Types Assigned https://securite.intrinsec.com/2018/03/19/cve-2017-17743-ucopia-shell-escape/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory
    Added CWE CWE-287
    Added CPE Configuration AND OR *cpe:2.3:o:ucopia:wireless_appliance_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 4.4.20 *cpe:2.3:o:ucopia:wireless_appliance_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 5.0 up to (excluding) 5.0.19 *cpe:2.3:o:ucopia:wireless_appliance_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 5.1 up to (excluding) 5.1.11 OR cpe:2.3:h:ucopia:wireless_appliance:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

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Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.26 }} 0.04%

score

0.65877

percentile

CVSS30 - Vulnerability Scoring System
Attack Vector
Attack Complexity
Privileges Required
User Interaction
Scope
Confidentiality
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