CVE-2018-15557

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...

Code injection

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...

Default credentials

The Quantenna WiFi Controller on Telus Actiontec WEB6000Q v1.1.02.22 allows login with root level access with the user "root" and an empty password by using the enabled onboard UART headers...

CVE-2018-15556

The Quantenna WiFi Controller on Telus Actiontec WEB6000Q v1.1.02.22 allows login with root level access with the user "root" and an empty password by using the enabled onboard UART headers...

CVE-2018-15556

CVE-2018-15556 affects the Quantenna WiFi Controller in Telus Actiontec WEB6000Q (firmware v1.1.02.22). An attacker can log in as root with an empty password via the onboard UART headers, enabling full shell access. Public PoC material exists (PacketStorm/full disclosure) describing UART-based pr...

CVE-2018-15557

CVE-2018-15557 affects the Quantenna WiFi Controller in Telus Actiontec WEB6000Q devices (firmware v1.1.02.22). The issue allows an attacker with access to the 169.254.1.0/24 link-local subnet to obtain root by connecting to 169.254.1.2 on TCP port 23 (telnet/netcat). Documents corroborate a priv...

CVE-2018-15557

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...

CVE-2018-15557: Improper Privilege Management

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...

CVE-2018-15556: Improper Authentication

The Quantenna WiFi Controller on Telus Actiontec WEB6000Q v1.1.02.22 allows login with root level access with the user "root" and an empty password by using the enabled onboard UART headers...

Telus Actiontec WEB6000Q Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

The Actiontec WEB6000Q is a wireless extender from Actiontec USA. A security vulnerability exists in the Quantenna WiFi Controller in the Telus Actiontec WEB6000Q version 1.1.02.22. An attacker can exploit the vulnerability to log in with root access...

Telus Actiontec WEB6000Q elevation of privilege vulnerability (CNVD-2019-39179)

The Actiontec WEB6000Q is a wireless extender from Actiontec USA. A security vulnerability exists in the Quantenna WiFi Controller in the Actiontec WEB6000Q version 1.1.02.22. The vulnerability can be exploited to gain root access by connecting to port 23 of host 169.254.1.2 using telnet/netcat...