CVE-2017-11321

high

Published 2017-10-03 · Modified 2026-05-13

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CVSS v3

7.2

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

8.2

Description

The restricted shell interface in UCOPIA Wireless Appliance before 5.1.8 allows remote authenticated users to gain 'admin' privileges via shell metacharacters in the less command.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

81%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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Exploits

Public proof-of-concept code below. AS-IS, for defenders and authorised testing only.

Exploit-DB

EDB-42937 local linux

Sysdream · 2017-10-02

UCOPIA Wireless Appliance < 5.1.8 - Restricted Shell Escape

Source code queued for fetch — refresh in a moment.

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
ucopia	wireless_appliance	`{"endIncluding":"5.1.7"}`

References

CWEs

CWE-78

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.