CyberRota Analysis
AI-GeneratedAuthenticated attackers with services permission on affected Lantronix devices can exploit a command injection vulnerability in the set cifs password command, allowing them to execute arbitrary shell commands as root. This critical flaw poses a severe risk to the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the device and could also compromise connected downstream devices. Organizations using the specified firmware versions should prioritize immediate patching to mitigate potential exploitation.
Public Exploit Signal
A public exploit, PoC, GitHub repository or Metasploit reference was detected for this CVE.
Note: these links are listed for security research and verification purposes only.
Original NVD Description
Lantronix SLC8000/SLC9000 before firmware v9.7.0.2, EMG8500/EMG7500 before firmware v9.7.0.1, and all firmware versions of SLB882/SLCx-03/SLCx-02 contain a command injection vulnerability that allows authenticated attackers with the services permission to execute arbitrary shell commands as root by exploiting the set cifs password command that passes unsanitized user input to a system() call. Attackers with the services permission can authenticate to the terminal or CLI interface and inject malicious commands through the unsanitized parameter to achieve complete loss of confidentiality, integrity, and availability on the affected device and potentially impact downstream serial-attached devices.