CVE-2018-15557

HIGH

Actiontec WEB6000Q Firmware 1.1.02.22 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation via Telnet Access

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

An issue was discovered in the Quantenna WiFi Controller on Telus Actiontec WEB6000Q v1.1.02.22 devices. An attacker can statically set his/her IP to anything on the 169.254.1.0/24 subnet, and obtain root access by connecting to 169.254.1.2 port 23 with telnet/netcat.

References (2)

Core 2
Core References
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_fulldisc
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Jun/2

Scores

CVSS v3 8.8
EPSS 0.0326
EPSS Percentile 86.8%
Attack Vector ADJACENT_NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-269
Status published
Products (1)
actiontec/web6000q_firmware 1.1.02.22
Published Jun 27, 2019
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026