CVE-2020-11733 Command injection in n/a
An attacker with SSH restricted shell access can achieve root privileges via shell metacharacters, allowing sensitive data access on Spirent appliances.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2020-11733?
CVE-2020-11733 is a medium-severity command injection vulnerability in n/a, published on 13 Aug 2020. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
An issue was discovered on Spirent TestCenter and Avalanche appliance admin interface firmware. An attacker, who already has access to an SSH restricted shell, can achieve root access via shell metacharacters. The attacker can then, for example, read sensitive files such as appliance admin configuration source code. This affects Spirent TestCenter and Avalanche products which chassis version <= 5.08. The SSH restricted shell is available with default credentials.
Weakness: CWE-78
Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-11733?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Spirent Avalanche, Spirent Testcenter.
How do I fix CVE-2020-11733?
No fix has been published for CVE-2020-11733 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and pass arguments to programs as a list instead of through a shell. More about Command injection.
Is CVE-2020-11733 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-11733 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-3cp9-mrrh-w8pj.