CVE-2021-42109
9.8 CRITICALVITEC Exterity IPTV products through 2021-04-30 allow privilege escalation to root
Published: 2021-10-08 · Last updated: 2026-06-17
Severity and scoring
- CVSS
- 9.8 CRITICAL
- Vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CWE
- CWE-1188
Affected products
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| vitec | avediastream_m9305_firmware, avediastream_m9325_firmware, avediastream_m9400_firmware |
Description
VITEC Exterity IPTV products through 2021-04-30 allow privilege escalation to root.
Source: NVD
References
- [NVD]https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-42109
- [Exploit reference]https://whitehoodhacker.net/posts/2021-10-04-the-big-rick
- [Vendor advisory]https://www.exterity.com
- [Exploit reference]https://whitehoodhacker.net/posts/2021-10-04-the-big-rick
- [Vendor advisory]https://www.exterity.com
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