CVE-2017-17743

MEDIUM

UCOPIA Wireless Appliance Firmware < 4.4.20, 5.0.x < 5.0.19, 5.1.x < 5.1.11 - Privilege Escalation via .bashrc Upload

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

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.

References (1)

Core 1
Core References

Scores

CVSS v3 6.7
EPSS 0.0113
EPSS Percentile 62.3%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-287
Status published
Products (1)
ucopia/wireless_appliance_firmware < 4.4.20
Published Mar 22, 2018
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026