CVE-2016-9554 (GCVE-0-2016-9554)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-01-28 12:38 – Updated: 2024-08-06 02:50
VLAI
EPSS
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Summary
The Sophos Web Appliance Remote / Secure Web Gateway server (version 4.2.1.3) is vulnerable to a Remote Command Injection vulnerability in its web administrative interface. These vulnerabilities occur in MgrDiagnosticTools.php (/controllers/MgrDiagnosticTools.php), in the component responsible for performing diagnostic tests with the UNIX wget utility. The application doesn't properly escape the information passed in the 'url' variable before calling the executeCommand class function ($this->dtObj->executeCommand). This function calls exec() with unsanitized user input allowing for remote command injection. The page that contains the vulnerabilities, /controllers/MgrDiagnosticTools.php, is accessed by a built-in command answered by the administrative interface. The command that calls to that vulnerable page (passed in the 'section' parameter) is: 'configuration'. Exploitation of this vulnerability yields shell access to the remote machine under the 'spiderman' user account.
Severity
7.2 (High)
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
3 references
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|---|---|
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95858 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID |
| http://pastebin.com/UB8Ye6ZU | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://community.sophos.com/products/web-applian… | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
Date Public
2017-01-28 00:00
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