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CVSSv3

CVE-2023-40146

Published: 17/04/2024 Updated: 17/04/2024
CVSS v3 Base Score: 6.8 | Impact Score: 5.9 | Exploitability Score: 0.9
VMScore: 0

Vulnerability Summary

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.

References

CWE-77https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2023-1868https://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-2023-40146/47256https://nvd.nist.gov
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