CVE-2023-40146

CVSS 6.8 MEDIUMEPSS 1.4%CWE-77

Vexday Risk Score

13Low

SSVC decision (CISA)

Track

No exploitation signal → monitor

CVSS 6.8EPSS 1.4%KEV nãoPoC —Nuclei —Metasploit —Patch —

Lifecycle

17 Apr 2024Published on NVD

Recommendation: Monitor — no exploitation signal at the moment.

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.

CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

Peplink · Smart Reader

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References

https://forum.peplink.com/t/peplink-security-advisory-smart-reader-firmware-1-2-0-cve-2023-43491-cve-2023-45209-cve-2023-39367-cve-2023-45744-cve-2023-40146/47256 https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240822-0008/https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2023-1868 https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2023-1868