Remote Root Access Vulnerability in Comcast Firmware on Cisco DPC3939 Devices

CVE-2017-9482 · HIGH Severity

AV:N/AC:L/AU:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

The Comcast firmware on Cisco DPC3939 (firmware version dpc3939-P20-18-v303r20421746-170221a-CMCST) devices allows remote attackers to obtain root access to the Network Processor (NP) Linux system by enabling a TELNET daemon (through CVE-2017-9479 exploitation) and then establishing a TELNET session.

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