CVE-2020-11733

Medium

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.

SeverityMedium
CVSS6.7
Exploit probability—
ProductSpirent Avalanche
PublishedAug 13, 2020
First seenAug 13, 2020

How to fix

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

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
spirent avalanchev ≤ 5.08—
spirent testcenterv ≤ 5.08—

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