8.8high

CVE-2017-0934

Ubiquiti Networks EdgeOS version 1.9.1 and prior suffer from an Improper Privilege Management vulnerability due to the lack of protection o…

Published 8 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON

CVSS
8.8
v3.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
1.3%
percentile 70%
Public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Ubiquiti Networks EdgeOS version 1.9.1 and prior suffer from an Improper Privilege Management vulnerability due to the lack of protection of the file system leading to sensitive information being exposed. An attacker with access to an operator (read-only) account could escalate privileges to admin (root) access in the system.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

1.28% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 70% of all scored CVEs.

CVSS scores

Assigned byVersionScoreVector
NVD3.08.8CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD2.09.0AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected products

  • Ubiquiti Networks EdgeRouter X

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management

References

  • hackerone.com /reports/241044 · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred
  • community.ubnt.com /t5/EdgeMAX-Updates-Blog/EdgeMAX-EdgeRouter-software-release-v1-9-1-1/ba-p/1910524 · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred

Sources

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