{"id":"CVE-2018-17565","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2018-17565","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T21:24:38.916Z","title":"Shell Metacharacter Injection in the SSH configuration interface on Grandstream GXP16xx VoIP 1.0.4.128 phones allows attackers to execute arbitrary system commands and gain a root shell.","description":"Shell Metacharacter Injection in the SSH configuration interface on Grandstream GXP16xx VoIP 1.0.4.128 phones allows attackers to execute arbitrary system commands and gain a root shell.","published":"2019-04-01T21:29:26.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T01:46:02.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":9.8,"severity":"CRITICAL","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-78"],"affected":["grandstream/gxp1610 firmware","grandstream/gxp1615 firmware","grandstream/gxp1620 firmware","grandstream/gxp1625 firmware","grandstream/gxp1628 firmware","grandstream/gxp1630 firmware"],"epss":{"score":0.01935,"percentile":0.79944,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.93%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://grandstream.com/support/firmware","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://iridiumxor.wordpress.com/2019/01/03/three-simple-cves-for-a-good-voip-phone/","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://grandstream.com/support/firmware","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://iridiumxor.wordpress.com/2019/01/03/three-simple-cves-for-a-good-voip-phone/","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-17565","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}