CVE-2016-9553
CVSS V2 High 9
CVSS V3 High 7.2
Description
The Sophos Web Appliance (version 4.2.1.3) is vulnerable to two Remote Command Injection vulnerabilities affecting its web administrative interface. These vulnerabilities occur in the MgrReport.php (/controllers/MgrReport.php) component responsible for blocking and unblocking IP addresses from accessing the device. The device doesn't properly escape the information passed in the variables 'unblockip' and 'blockip' before calling the shell_exec() function which allows for system commands to be injected into the device. The code erroneously suggests that the information handled is protected by utilizing the variable name 'escapedips' - however this was not the case. The Sophos ID is NSWA-1258.
Overview
- CVE ID
- CVE-2016-9553
- Assigner
- cve@mitre.org
- Vulnerability Status
- Analyzed
- Published Version
- 2017-01-28T12:59:00
- Last Modified Date
- 2017-03-08T17:36:35
Weakness Enumerations
CPE Configuration (Product)
| CPE | Vulnerable | Operator | Version Start | Version End |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:sophos:web_appliance:4.2.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 1 | OR |
CVSS Version 2
- Version
- 2.0
- Vector String
- AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Access Vector
- NETWORK
- Access Compatibility
- LOW
- Authentication
- SINGLE
- Confidentiality Impact
- COMPLETE
- Integrity Impact
- COMPLETE
- Availability Impact
- COMPLETE
- Base Score
- 9
- Severity
- HIGH
- Exploitability Score
- 8
- Impact Score
- 10
CVSS Version 3
- Version
- 3.0
- Vector String
- CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Attack Compatibility
- LOW
- Privileges Required
- HIGH
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality Impact
- HIGH
- Availability Impact
- HIGH
- Base Score
- 7.2
- Base Severity
- HIGH
- Exploitability Score
- 1.2
- Impact Score
- 5.9
References
| Reference URL | Reference Tags |
|---|---|
| https://community.sophos.com/products/web-appliance/b/blog/posts/release-of-swa-version-4-3-1 | Release Notes |
| http://swa.sophos.com/rn/swa/concepts/ReleaseNotes_4.3.1.html | Release Notes |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95853 | Third Party Advisory VDB Entry |
| http://pastebin.com/DUYuN0U5 | Exploit |
Sources
| Source Name | Source URL |
|---|---|
| NIST | https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-9553 |
| MITRE | https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-9553 |
History
| Created | Old Value | New Value | Data Type | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-05-10 09:47:28 | Added to TrackCVE | |||
| 2022-12-02 13:24:12 | 2017-01-28T12:59Z | 2017-01-28T12:59:00 | CVE Published Date | updated |
| 2022-12-02 13:24:12 | 2017-03-08T17:36:35 | CVE Modified Date | updated | |
| 2022-12-02 13:24:12 | Analyzed | Vulnerability Status | updated |