What is CVE-2019-6962?

CVE-2019-6962 is a high-severity vulnerability in Rdkcentral Rdkb Ccsppandm, classified under OS Command Injection. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2019-06-20.

How severe is CVE-2019-6962?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

RCE in Rdkcentral Rdkb Ccsppandm

CVE-2019-6962

A shell injection issue in cosa_wifi_apis.c in the RDK RDKB-20181217-1 CcspWifiAgent module allows attackers with login credentials to execute arbitrary shell commands under the CcspWifiSsp process (running as root) if the platform was compiled with the ENABLE_FEATURE_MESHWIFI macro. The attack is conducted by changing the Wi-Fi network password to include crafted escape characters. This is related to the WebUI module.

Vulnerability class: Command Injection (OS Command Injection)

EPSS: 0.016 (73.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Rdkcentral Rdkb_ccsppandm — versions rdkb-20181217-1
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-78 — OS Command Injection

References

cve@mitre.org (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-6962?: CVE-2019-6962 is a high-severity vulnerability in Rdkcentral Rdkb Ccsppandm, classified under OS Command Injection. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2019-06-20.
How severe is CVE-2019-6962?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.