Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in Sophos Web Appliance
CVE-2013-4984

Currently unrated

Key Information:

Vendor
Sophos
Vendor
CVE Published:
10 September 2013

Badges

👾 Exploit Exists🟡 Public PoC

Summary

The close_connections function in the Sophos Web Appliance allows local users to exploit shell metacharacters in its second argument, leading to privilege escalation. This vulnerability affects versions prior to 3.7.9.1 and 3.8 prior to 3.8.1.1, potentially allowing unauthorized actions by local users.

Exploit Proof of Concept (PoC)

PoC code is written by security researchers to demonstrate the vulnerability can be exploited. PoC code is also a key component for weaponization which could lead to ransomware.

References

EPSS Score

6% chance of being exploited in the next 30 days.

Timeline

  • Vulnerability Reserved

  • 🟡

    Public PoC available

  • 👾

    Exploit known to exist

  • Vulnerability published

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