VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2023-40146

CVSS score6.8 MEDIUM
EPSS probability1.44%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2024-04-17
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Description

A privilege escalation vulnerability exists in the /bin/login functionality of Peplink Smart Reader v1.2.0 (in QEMU). A specially crafted command line argument can lead to a limited-shell escape and elevated capabilities. An attacker can authenticate with hard-coded credentials and execute unblocked default busybox functionality to trigger this vulnerability.

Weakness classification

  • talos-cna@cisco.com: CWE-77
  • nvd@nist.gov: CWE-798

Primary references