CVE-2023-40146

Published Apr 17, 2024

Last updated 7 months ago

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

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