CVE-2020-11733

MEDIUM

Spirent Avalanche and TestCenter <= 5.08 - Authenticated OS Command Injection via SSH Restricted Shell

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

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

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