CVEs-PoC/2018/CVE-2018-15557.md

CVE-2018-15557

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.

POC

Reference

• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/153262/Telus-Actiontec-WEB6000Q-Privilege-Escalation.html
• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Jun/2

Github

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