CVE-2019-12789

Medium

Description

An issue was discovered on Actiontec T2200H T2200H-31.128L.08 devices, as distributed by Telus. By attaching a UART adapter to the UART pins on the system board, an attacker can use a special key sequence (Ctrl-\) to obtain a shell with root privileges. After gaining root access, the attacker can mount the filesystem read-write and make permanent modifications to the device including bricking of the device, disabling vendor management of the device, preventing automatic upgrades, and permanently installing malicious code on the device.

SeverityMedium
CVSS6.8
Exploit probability—
ProductActiontec T2200h Firmware
PublishedJun 17, 2019
First seenJun 17, 2019

How to fix

Sources list no fixed version or patch link for this vulnerability.

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
actiontec t2200h_firmwaret2200h-31.1238l.08—

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