Advisory Details

November 25th, 2014

ARRIS VAP2500 Management Portal Information Disclosure Vulnerability

CVE ID	CVE-2014-8425
CVSS SCORE	7.8, AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N
AFFECTED VENDORS	ARRIS
AFFECTED PRODUCTS	VAP2500
VULNERABILITY DETAILS	This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of ARRIS VAP2500. Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the handling of access to the management portal. The issue lies in the failure to restrict access to configuration files. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to leak credentials which can then be chained to execute code with root privileges.
ADDITIONAL DETAILS	Vendor has released a hotfix to address the issue: FW08.41
DISCLOSURE TIMELINE	2014-04-29 - Vulnerability reported to vendor 2014-11-25 - Coordinated public release of advisory
CREDIT	Ricky "HeadlessZeke" Lawshae

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