Vulnerability CVE-2018-15556
Published: 2019-06-27

Description:
The Quantenna WiFi Controller on Telus Actiontec WEB6000Q v1.1.02.22 allows login with root level access with the user "root" and an empty password by using the enabled onboard UART headers.

See advisories in our WLB2 database:
Topic
Author
Date
Med.
Telus Actiontec WEB6000Q Privilege Escalation
Andrew Klaus
13.06.2019

Type:

CWE-287

 (Improper Authentication)

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
10/10
10/10
10/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Complete
Complete
Complete
Affected software
Actiontec -> Web6000q firmware 

 References:
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/153262/Telus-Actiontec-WEB6000Q-Privilege-Escalation.html
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Jun/1
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