CVE-2021-42912
FiberHome ONU GPON AN5506-04-F RP2617 is affected by an OS command injection vulnerability. This...
FiberHome ONU GPON AN5506-04-F RP2617 is affected by an OS command injection vulnerability. This vulnerability allows the attacker, once logged in, to send commands to the operating system as the root user via the ping diagnostic tool, bypassing the IP address field, and concatenating OS commands with a semicolon.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
FiberHome ONU GPON AN5506-04-F RP2617 is affected by an OS command injection vulnerability. This vulnerability allows the attacker, once logged in, to send commands to the operating system as the root user via the ping diagnostic tool, bypassing the IP address field, and concatenating OS commands with a semicolon.
- Record
CVE-2021-42912- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 9.0 High
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C - Weakness
- CWE-78
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
FiberHome ONU GPON AN5506-04-F RP2617 is affected by an OS command injection vulnerability. This vulnerability allows the attacker, once logged in, to send commands to the operating system as the root user via the ping diagnostic tool, bypassing the IP address field, and concatenating OS commands with a semicolon.
- Record
CVE-2021-42912- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2021-29867 No score
FiberHome ONU GPON AN5506-04-F RP2617 is affected by an OS command injection vulnerability. This vulnerability allows the attacker, once logged in, to send commands to the operating system as the root user via the ping diagnostic tool, bypassing the IP address field, and concatenating OS commands with a semicolon.
- Record
EUVD-2021-29867- Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-hcfv-5p8h-vvh5
FiberHome ONU GPON AN5506-04-F RP2617 is affected by an OS command injection vulnerability. This...
FiberHome ONU GPON AN5506-04-F RP2617 is affected by an OS command injection vulnerability. This vulnerability allows the attacker, once logged in, to send commands to the operating system as the root user via the ping diagnostic tool, bypassing the IP address field, and concatenating OS commands with a semicolon.
- Record
GHSA-hcfv-5p8h-vvh5- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-78
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2021-42912 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 8.8) in Fiberhome Aan5506-04-g2g Firmware, published December 16, 2021. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 10.1%, the 95th percentile. No source names a fixed version.