CVE-2017-14115

N/A
Published: September 3, 2017 at 07:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:05 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorU Verse Firmware· also runs on 2 platforms

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 4%

Description

The AT&T U-verse 9.2.2h0d83 firmware for the Arris NVG589 and NVG599 devices, when IP Passthrough mode is not used, configures ssh-permanent-enable WAN SSH logins to the remotessh account with the 5SaP9I26 password, which allows remote attackers to access a "Terminal shell v1.0" service, and subsequently obtain unrestricted root privileges, by establishing an SSH session and then entering certain shell metacharacters and BusyBox commands.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

commscope-arris-nvg589 (environment) · commscope-arris-nvg599 (environment)

Runs on — not affected

The affected product only carries this flaw when running on these platforms. The platforms themselves are not vulnerable.

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

Patch and advisory references

References (3)

VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100585
x_refsource_MISCExploitMitigationTechnical DescriptionThird Party Advisory
https://www.nomotion.net/blog/sharknatto/

CVSS

Confidentiality
COMPLETE
Integrity
COMPLETE
Availability
COMPLETE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-798

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