8.2high

CVE-2017-113221 exploit

The chroothole_client executable in UCOPIA Wireless Appliance before 5.1.8 allows remote attackers to gain root privileges via a dollar sig…

Published 9 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON

CVSS
8.2
v3.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
5.1%
percentile 92%
Public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

The chroothole_client executable in UCOPIA Wireless Appliance before 5.1.8 allows remote attackers to gain root privileges via a dollar sign ($) metacharacter in the argument to chroothole_client.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

5.08% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 92% of all scored CVEs.

Exploits and detections

  • EDB-42936 UCOPIA Wireless Appliance < 5.1.8 - Local Privilege Escalation · local · 2017-10-02

CVSS scores

Assigned byVersionScoreVector
NVD3.08.2CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD2.07.2AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-78 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command

References

  • sysdream.com /news/lab/2017-09-29-cve-2017-11322-ucopia-wireless-appliance-5-1-8-privileges-escalation/ · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred
  • exploit-db.com /exploits/42936/ · exploit, x_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB, x_transferred

Sources

vulnwire keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA; records that alias each other are merged. Machine-readable: JSON.