CVE-2018-16118

CVSS V2 High 9.3 CVSS V3 High 8.1
Description
A shell escape vulnerability in /webconsole/APIController in the API Configuration component of Sophos XG firewall 17.0.8 MR-8 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary OS commands via shell metachracters in the "X-Forwarded-for" HTTP header.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2018-16118
  • Assigner
  • cve@mitre.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2019-06-20T17:15:10
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2019-06-25T13:49:45
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-78 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/78.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
AND
cpe:2.3:o:sophos:sfos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 16.0
cpe:2.3:o:sophos:sfos:16.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:sophos:sfos:17.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:sophos:sfos:17.0.8:mr8:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:sophos:sfos:17.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:h:sophos:xg_firewall:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • MEDIUM
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Integrity Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Availability Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Base Score
  • 9.3
  • Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 8.6
  • Impact Score
  • 10
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.0
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Attack Compatibility
  • HIGH
  • Privileges Required
  • NONE
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • HIGH
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 8.1
  • Base Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 2.2
  • Impact Score
  • 5.9
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://www.sophos.com/en-us/legal/sophos-responsible-disclosure-policy.aspx Vendor Advisory
https://community.sophos.com/kb/en-us/132637 Vendor Advisory
https://github.com/klsecservices/Advisories/blob/master/KL-SOPHOS-2018-003.md Patch Third Party Advisory
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-16118
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-16118
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 07:49:33 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-03 22:22:54 2019-06-20T17:15Z 2019-06-20T17:15:10 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-03 22:22:54 2019-06-25T13:49:45 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-03 22:22:54 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated