CVE-2018-15555 (GCVE-0-2018-15555)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2019-06-28 14:34 – Updated: 2024-08-05 09:54
VLAI
Summary
On Telus Actiontec WEB6000Q v1.1.02.22 devices, an attacker can login with root level access with the user "root" and password "admin" by using the enabled onboard UART headers.
Severity
9.8 (Critical)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • n/a
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References
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