CVE-2020-11733
MEDIUMSpirent Avalanche and TestCenter <= 5.08 - Authenticated OS Command Injection via SSH Restricted Shell
Title source: llmDescription
An issue was discovered on Spirent TestCenter and Avalanche appliance admin interface firmware. An attacker, who already has access to an SSH restricted shell, can achieve root access via shell metacharacters. The attacker can then, for example, read sensitive files such as appliance admin configuration source code. This affects Spirent TestCenter and Avalanche products which chassis version <= 5.08. The SSH restricted shell is available with default credentials.
References (2)
Core 2
Core References
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://gist.github.com/a05110511t/65d07bc776d7c11b4ccf112a09cca4ab
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/a05110511t/CVE/blob/master/CVE-2020-11733.md
Scores
CVSS v3
6.7
EPSS
0.0156
EPSS Percentile
72.1%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Details
CWE
CWE-78
Status
published
Products (2)
spirent/avalanche
< 5.08
spirent/testcenter
< 5.08
Published
Aug 13, 2020
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026