Overview
- Description
- A privilege escalation vulnerability exists in the /bin/login functionality of Peplink Smart Reader v1.2.0 (in QEMU). A specially crafted command line argument can lead to a limited-shell escape and elevated capabilities. An attacker can authenticate with hard-coded credentials and execute unblocked default busybox functionality to trigger this vulnerability.
- Source
- talos-cna@cisco.com
- NVD status
- Awaiting Analysis
Risk scores
CVSS 3.1
- Type
- Primary
- Base score
- 6.8
- Impact score
- 5.9
- Exploitability score
- 0.9
- Vector string
- CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Severity
- MEDIUM
Weaknesses
- talos-cna@cisco.com
- CWE-77
Social media
- Hype score
- Not currently trending