CVE-2021-31505 is a privilege escalation vulnerability affecting Arlo Q Plus 1.9.0.3_278, allowing an attacker with physical access to gain root privileges via hard-coded SSH credentials in a special operational mode. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 6.8) requires physical access but no prior authentication, enabling arbitrary code execution and full system compromise. There is currently no public exploit code available, nor any evidence of active exploitation or significant community discussion.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
1.9.0.3_278CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:arlo:q_plus_firmware:1.9.0.3_278:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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