# CVE-2017-9478: The Comcast firmware on Cisco DPC3939 (firmware version dpc3939-P20-18-v303r20421733-160420a-CMCST) and DPC3939 (firmware version dpc3939-P2

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2017-07-31 · Updated: 2024-08-05

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

The Comcast firmware on Cisco DPC3939 (firmware version dpc3939-P20-18-v303r20421733-160420a-CMCST) and DPC3939 (firmware version dpc3939-P20-18-v303r20421746-170221a-CMCST) devices sets the CM MAC address to a value with a two-byte offset from the MTA/VoIP MAC address, which indirectly allows remote attackers to discover hidden Home Security Wi-Fi networks by leveraging the embedding of the MTA/VoIP MAC address into the DNS hostname.

## What to do

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## References

- https://github.com/BastilleResearch/CableTap/blob/master/doc/advisories/bastille-20.emta-reverse-dns.txt

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