CVE-2018-15557

HighCVSS 8.8/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 8.8/10CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-269

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/2Mailing 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/2Mailing List, Third Party Advisory

Timeline

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

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