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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2019-6962

A shell injection issue in cosa_wifi_apis.c in the RDK RDKB-20181217-1 CcspWifiAgent module allows attackers with login credentials to execute arbitrary shell commands under the CcspWifiSsp process (running as root) if the platform was compiled with the ENABLE_FEATURE_MESHWIFI macro. The attack is conducted by changing the Wi-Fi network password to include crafted escape characters. This is related to the WebUI module.

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1 Nov 2026, 04:28 UTC · Revision 1

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CVE-2019-6962

core-osv · Original source

Published 20 Jun 2019, 14:15 UTC

A shell injection issue in cosa_wifi_apis.c in the RDK RDKB-20181217-1 CcspWifiAgent module allows attackers with login credentials to execute arbitrary shell commands under the CcspWifiSsp process (running as root) if the platform was compiled with the ENABLE_FEATURE_MESHWIFI macro. The attack is conducted by changing the Wi-Fi network password to include crafted escape characters. This is related to the WebUI module.

osv:CVE-2019-6962
Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2019-6962",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
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    "summary": "A shell injection issue in cosa_wifi_apis.c in the RDK RDKB-20181217-1 CcspWifiAgent module allows attackers with login credentials to execute arbitrary shell commands under the CcspWifiSsp process (running as root) if the platform was compiled with the ENABLE_FEATURE_MESHWIFI macro. The attack is conducted by changing the Wi-Fi network password to include crafted escape characters. This is related to the WebUI module.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2019-6962",
    "products": [],
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      "modified": "2026-10-24T10:30:18.800829250Z",
      "provider": "osv",
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  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 429857,
  "published_at": "2019-06-20T14:15:11.11+00:00"
}