CVE-2020-8797 Command injection in n/a

Medium 6.7 Published Updated

Remote attackers can gain root access via command injection if the undocumented telnet service is enabled and admin credentials are known.

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-2020-8797?

CVE-2020-8797 is a medium-severity command injection vulnerability in n/a, published on 23 Apr 2020. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Juplink RX4-1500 v1.0.3 allows remote attackers to gain root access to the Linux subsystem via an unsanitized exec call (aka Command Line Injection), if the undocumented telnetd service is enabled and the attacker can authenticate as admin from the local network.

Weakness: CWE-78

Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-8797?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Juplink Rx4-1500 Firmware.

How do I fix CVE-2020-8797?

No fix has been published for CVE-2020-8797 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-2020-8797 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-8797 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-c86c-pc2p-fq87.

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