Description
The Comcast firmware on Cisco DPC3939 (firmware version dpc3939-P20-18-v303r20421746-170221a-CMCST) devices allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands as root by leveraging local network access and connecting to the syseventd server, as demonstrated by copying configuration data into a readable filesystem.
Published: 2017-07-31
Score: 9.8 Critical
EPSS: 2.3% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2017-18411 The Comcast firmware on Cisco DPC3939 (firmware version dpc3939-P20-18-v303r20421746-170221a-CMCST) devices allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands as root by leveraging local network access and connecting to the syseventd server, as demonstrated by copying configuration data into a readable filesystem.
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Cisco Dpc3939 Dpc3939 Firmware
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-05T17:11:02.198Z

Reserved: 2017-06-07T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2017-9479

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Status : Modified

Published: 2017-07-31T03:29:00.333

Modified: 2026-05-13T00:24:29.033

Link: CVE-2017-9479

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