CVE-2017-0934 describes an Improper Privilege Management vulnerability in Ubiquiti Networks EdgeOS versions 1.9.1 and earlier. This flaw allows an attacker with read-only operator account access to escalate privileges to full administrator (root) access due to inadequate file system protection, exposing sensitive information. The vulnerability carries a high CVSS score of 8.8, indicating a critical risk. It can be exploited remotely with low attack complexity and requires only low privileges, leading to high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, nor are there publicly available exploit modules in Metasploit or Nuclei, or entries in ExploitDB. The vulnerability has received minimal community discussion and media coverage, suggesting low public awareness.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 1.9.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:ubnt:edgeos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.