CVE-2019-12789

Published Jun 17, 2019 CVSS 3.0 · 6.8 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
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.

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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2019-4372 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.
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 4, 2024, 11:32 PM
Reserved
Jun 10, 2019, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Jun 17, 2019, 5:15 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 2:15 AM