CVE-2017-11322 describes a critical local privilege escalation vulnerability affecting UCOPIA Wireless Appliance versions prior to 5.1.8. An authenticated attacker can exploit a command injection flaw in the chroothole_client executable by supplying a dollar sign metacharacter in an argument, leading to root access. This vulnerability carries a high CVSS score of 8.2, indicating significant impact with complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed on the KEV catalog, a public exploit (EDB-42936) exists, 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:ucopia_wireless_appliance:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
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