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A privilege escalation vulnerability exists in the /bin...

Moderate severity Unreviewed Published Apr 17, 2024 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Apr 17, 2024

Package

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Affected versions

Unknown

Patched versions

Unknown

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.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Apr 17, 2024
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Apr 17, 2024
Last updated Apr 17, 2024

Severity

Moderate
6.8
/ 10

CVSS base metrics

Attack vector
Physical
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2023-40146

GHSA ID

GHSA-rgm2-gvmf-vqr7

Source code

No known source code

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