CVE-2017-11321 describes a critical vulnerability in UCOPIA Wireless Appliance versions prior to 5.1.8, where a restricted shell interface allows remote authenticated users to escalate privileges to 'admin' by injecting shell metacharacters into the 'less' command. This vulnerability carries a CVSS v3.1 score of 7.2 (HIGH), indicating that an attacker can achieve complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability with high privileges and low attack complexity over the network. While not listed on CISA's KEV catalog, an ExploitDB entry (EDB-42937) confirms the existence of public exploit code, though there is no evidence of active exploitation or significant community discussion.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 5.1.7CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ucopia:wireless_appliance:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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