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CVE-2017-14116

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Description

The AT&T U-verse 9.2.2h0d83 firmware for the Arris NVG599 device, when IP Passthrough mode is not used, configures WAN access to a caserver https service with the tech account and an empty password, which allows remote attackers to obtain root privileges by establishing a session on port 49955 and then installing new software, such as BusyBox with "nc -l" support.

CVE Details

CVSS v3.1 ScoreN/A

Published9/3/2017

Last Modified4/20/2025

Sourcenvd

Honeypot Sightings0

Affected Products

att:u-verse_firmwarecommscope:arris_nvg599

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-798

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100585(cve@mitre.org)

https://threatpost.com/bugs-in-arris-modems-distributed-by-att-vulnerable-to-trivial-attacks/127753/(cve@mitre.org)

https://www.nomotion.net/blog/sharknatto/(cve@mitre.org)

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100585(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://threatpost.com/bugs-in-arris-modems-distributed-by-att-vulnerable-to-trivial-attacks/127753/(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://www.nomotion.net/blog/sharknatto/(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

IOC Correlations

No correlations recorded

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