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CVE-2017-11322

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.2 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 5.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2017-10-03 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-78

Description

The chroothole_client executable in UCOPIA Wireless Appliance before 5.1.8 allows remote attackers to gain root privileges via a dollar sign ($) metacharacter in the argument to chroothole_client.

Affected products

• Ucopia Wireless Appliance: through 5.1.7

References

• https://sysdream.com/news/lab/2017-09-29-cve-2017-11322-ucopia-wireless-appliance-5-1-8-privileges-escalation/
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42936/
• https://sysdream.com/news/lab/2017-09-29-cve-2017-11322-ucopia-wireless-appliance-5-1-8-privileges-escalation/
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42936/

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