CVE-2018-15556

CriticalCVSS 9.8/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 9.8/10CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-287

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/153262/Telus-Actiontec-WEB6000Q-Privilege-Escalation.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Jun/1Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Jun/1Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Jun/1Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Jun/1Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/153262/Telus-Actiontec-WEB6000Q-Privilege-Escalation.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Jun/1Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Jun/1Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Jun/1Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Jun/1Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory

Timeline

Published: Jun 27, 2019
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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